Kenya seeks review of Saudi travel restrictions over Ebola

Kenya has requested that Saudi Arabia review its travel restrictions imposed on Kenyan citizens, claiming that the measures are disproportionate and unsupported by scientific evidence. In a diplomatic communication to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya's Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs emphasized that the country has effectively contained the Ebola outbreak, with all confirmed cases traced to a single cluster linked to an imported case.

The ministry pointed to the World Health Organization's (WHO) assessment that Kenya has professionally, diligently, and transparently contained the outbreak, advising against any travel or trade restrictions. Kenya argues that the blanket measure imposed by Saudi Arabia goes beyond what is warranted by the current public health situation and calls on Saudi Arabia to provide the WHO with justification for the restrictions under Regulation 43 of the International Health Regulations (2005).

The government also warned that unsupported scientific evidence could result in discriminatory treatment of African countries and expressed readiness to provide Saudi Arabia with a detailed technical briefing on the Ebola situation.

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