Canada Halts Visas for Ebola Countries in West Africa

Canada has stopped issuing visas to people from the West African countries at the heart of the Ebola outbreak, reports NBC News

Immigration authorities said they made the decision because "the introduction or spread of the disease would pose an imminent and severe risk to public health in Canada."

The ban applies to worker, student and visitor visas for people who have been in a country with widespread Ebola transmission in the past three months. Applications in the pipeline will not be processed.