Ban on West African nationals

October 15, 2014 in Regional

Ebola-VirusAlertKINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Oct 15, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines has placed a ban on nationals from will Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, entering the island, as Caribbean countries continue to put in place measures to deal with a possible outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the region

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said that the measure was taken given the lack of infrastructure on the island to deal with the Ebola virus for which there is no known cure.