Ebola-hit countries isolated as airlines stop flights

August 28, 2014 08:54

The three nations at the centre of the west African Ebola outbreak were left increasingly isolated on Wednesday as more airlines suspended flights to the crisis zone. On Wednesday, Air France agreed to Paris's request for a "temporary suspension" of services to Sierra Leone. The decision comes a day after British Airways said it was suspending flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone until next year due to Ebola concerns. Authorities are scrambling to contain the worst outbreak of the lethal tropical virus in history, which has killed more than 1,400 people since it erupted in west Africa early this year.

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