Speeches

Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has updated its advice given to UK nationals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, South Sudan and Gabon or who are considering visiting those countries following the recent outbreak of Ebola in the region.

Mark Simmonds

We have updated our travel advice for the following countries to notify travellers about the recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease: Guinea, Senegal, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania and Cote d’Ivoire.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

We advise people travelling to the affected region to check the health advice issued by the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC).

http://www.nathnac.org/ds/map_world.aspx

We will continue to monitor the situation in each country to ensure that our travel advice is up to date and accurate.