Liberia: Ivorian Airliner Resumes Flights to Ebola-Stricken Liberia

Monrovia — The Ivorian airliner, Air Cote d'Ivoire, has become the first African airline to resume flights to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, a key step which will make it much easier for aid workers to travel to the Ebola-hit nations. The airline partly owned by Air France-KLM (AF) commenced Liberia flights on Sunday, October 26 after kicking off its service to Guinea on Oct. 20.

Most regional and international carriers stopped serving the countries after an infected Liberian man flew to Nigeria and introduced the Ebola virus there in July. The worst outbreak on record has killed about 4,500 people, with the vast majority of cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization.

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