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New travel rules for passengers travelling to Ebola risk areas─── 07:11 Fri, 29 Aug 2014
Johannesburg - Passengers wishing to travel between South Africa and the Ebola high-risk areas in West Africa must request permission from the health department.
SA Airways spokesperson Tlali Tlali says this new procedure is aimed at ensuring compliance with a recent Cabinet decision.
He says the South African government has advised travellers to avoid all non-essential travel to and from Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone.
However, where travel is absolutely essential, permission must be obtained from the national department of health.
He says the travel restriction does not apply to other West African destinations including Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Senegal that SAA flies to.
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