Ebola outbreak declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern https://watchers.news/2019/07/18/ebola-outbreak-declared-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern/ No country should close its borders or place any restrictions on travel and trade. Such measures are usually implemented out of fear and have no basis in science. They push the movement of people and goods to informal border crossings that are not monitored, thus increasing the chances of the spread of disease. Most critically, these restrictions can also compromise local economies and negatively affect response operations from a security and logistics perspective