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Hundreds of passengers were stranded in Gambia on Tuesday after the West African nation banned flights from countries linked to the deadly Ebola virus outbreak.
The passengers were told about the ban on flights from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia after arriving at Banjul International Airport, leaving some desperate.
One of the passenger said ``It is really terrible for us as we have an important mission to run in Sierra Leone; but we were later told that there is no flight.”
He, however, said the ban was a good move.
``The authorities are right since it is not safe,’’ he said.
Thomas Wazinski, a Gambia Airline chief executive, said he had been notified of the ban by the country's Ministry of Communication Infrastructure and Information because of the fast spread of outbreak of the deadly Ebola.
An emergency team from The Gambian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has been on high alert, checking people entering the country along its borders.
The passengers were told about the ban on flights from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia after arriving at Banjul International Airport, leaving some desperate.
One of the passenger said ``It is really terrible for us as we have an important mission to run in Sierra Leone; but we were later told that there is no flight.”
He, however, said the ban was a good move.
``The authorities are right since it is not safe,’’ he said.
Thomas Wazinski, a Gambia Airline chief executive, said he had been notified of the ban by the country's Ministry of Communication Infrastructure and Information because of the fast spread of outbreak of the deadly Ebola.
An emergency team from The Gambian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has been on high alert, checking people entering the country along its borders.
