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Wednesday 13 May 2015 - 13:36 Makkah mean time-24-7-1436
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Nairobi (IINA) – The Kenyan government lifted a temporary ban on travelers from Liberia with immediate effect after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the West African nation free from Ebola virus.
"However, the country will continue to screen all travelers coming to Kenya from Liberia and other countries until the outbreak is controlled in the world," Xinhua quoted Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia as saying on Tuesday.
Liberia was declared free of Ebola on May 9 by the World Health Organization after 42 days without any new cases being recorded. Celebrations were, however, muted by thoughts for the dead and medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) urged vigilance until the worst outbreak of the disease ever recorded was also extinguished in neighboring Guinea and Sierra Leone.
According to WHO, more than 11,000 people have died from Ebola in the three West African countries since the outbreak the disease in December 2013.
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