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| UN security council criticises discrimination against those from Ebola-hit regions | UN security council criticises discrimination against those from Ebola-hit regions |
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| Julie Bishop has read a statement from the UN security council expressing concerns about discrimination towards nationals from Ebola-hit countries from other nations. | Julie Bishop has read a statement from the UN security council expressing concerns about discrimination towards nationals from Ebola-hit countries from other nations. |
| Last month the immigration minister, Scott Morrison, announced Australia would stop granting temporary visas to visitors from west Africa. The security council statement criticised such blanket bans and urged countries to maintain links with affected countries. | |
| “The security council expresses its continued concern about the detrimental effect of the isolation of the affected countries as a result of trade and travel restrictions imposed on and to the affected countries as well as acts of discrimination against the nationals of Guinea, Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone,” Bishop said. | “The security council expresses its continued concern about the detrimental effect of the isolation of the affected countries as a result of trade and travel restrictions imposed on and to the affected countries as well as acts of discrimination against the nationals of Guinea, Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone,” Bishop said. |
| Bishop earlier expressed concern about the Ebola virus outbreak at the security council meeting she chaired on the disease. | Bishop earlier expressed concern about the Ebola virus outbreak at the security council meeting she chaired on the disease. |
| Speaking in New York, the foreign affairs minister said: “The security council reiterates its grave concern about the unprecedented extent of the Ebola outbreak in Africa, which constitutes a threat to international peace and security, and the impact of the Ebola virus on West Africa, in particular, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.” | Speaking in New York, the foreign affairs minister said: “The security council reiterates its grave concern about the unprecedented extent of the Ebola outbreak in Africa, which constitutes a threat to international peace and security, and the impact of the Ebola virus on West Africa, in particular, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.” |
| She also warned that gains already made could easily be reversed. | She also warned that gains already made could easily be reversed. |
| The debate came as an Australian company prepared to open a treatment facility in Sierra Leone, at which doctors are likely to treat their first patients within weeks. | The debate came as an Australian company prepared to open a treatment facility in Sierra Leone, at which doctors are likely to treat their first patients within weeks. |
| But Labor’s Matt Thistlethwaite says the government is being hypocritical for saying one thing in New York but doing the opposite in Australia. | But Labor’s Matt Thistlethwaite says the government is being hypocritical for saying one thing in New York but doing the opposite in Australia. |
| Labor and non-government organisations have been calling for specialist teams to be sent to West Africa. | Labor and non-government organisations have been calling for specialist teams to be sent to West Africa. |
| “For months now the government has been ignoring those pleas,” Thistlethwaite told Sky News. “It’s taken them too long to take action on this issue.” | “For months now the government has been ignoring those pleas,” Thistlethwaite told Sky News. “It’s taken them too long to take action on this issue.” |
| The head of the UN mission for Ebola emergency response warned the meeting by videoconference link that there was still “a long battle ahead of us”. | The head of the UN mission for Ebola emergency response warned the meeting by videoconference link that there was still “a long battle ahead of us”. |
| Anthony Banbury said fighting the epidemic “is going to require a tremendous increase in resources on the ground, in a dispersed geographic area”. | Anthony Banbury said fighting the epidemic “is going to require a tremendous increase in resources on the ground, in a dispersed geographic area”. |
| Last week 533 new cases were reported in Sierra Leone, the highest weekly tally since the outbreak hit there, although recent data has shown a decline in cases in Liberia, the worst-hit country, and Guinea. | Last week 533 new cases were reported in Sierra Leone, the highest weekly tally since the outbreak hit there, although recent data has shown a decline in cases in Liberia, the worst-hit country, and Guinea. |
| Aspen Medical was awarded $20m in federal funding earlier this month to run a 100-bed British-built military field hospital in Sierra Leone. | Aspen Medical was awarded $20m in federal funding earlier this month to run a 100-bed British-built military field hospital in Sierra Leone. |
| On Friday its co-founder, Dr Andrew Walker, said construction was expected to be complete by the end of November. | On Friday its co-founder, Dr Andrew Walker, said construction was expected to be complete by the end of November. |