WHO provided extensive recommendations to the governments of the affected countries to manage the situation, as the most recent figures reported are 1,711 cases and 932 deaths.
Two countries, Sierra Leone and Liberia, have a national state of emergency and three cities, Gbakedou in Liberia and Kenema and Kailahun in Sierra Leone, have been quarantined.
As of today, August 8th 2014, GCS recommends the following measures for the three most affected countries namely Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia:
- All travelers, whether business, leisure or family visits, should postpone visits whenever possible (including funerals), and should definitely avoid all areas known to be stricken by the epidemic.
- Business travelers and local employees who cannot postpone their trips due to essential work-related reasons (e.g.medical personnel involved in the management of the epidemic) should rigorously obey all recommendations on contact avoidance and others related to their area of work.
- Expatriates whose presence is not essential in the country should either leave the country or delay their return should they be abroad. Those required to stay in country should also rigorously obey all recommendations on contact avoidance and others related to their area of work.
- As for the city of Lagos in Nigeria, where some cases have been identified in the last few days, the risk level at present seems low enough and GCS does not recommend the above measures for that destination.