Guinea Closes Borders in Bid to Stop Ebola Virus from Spreading

West African countries hardest hit by Ebola are ramping up efforts to stop the virus from spreading. Guinea announced Saturday it was closing its borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone. Together, the three countries have lost nearly 1,000 lives to the disease. One of the most recent fatalities was a Congolese nun, who contracted Ebola while working with Spanish Catholic missionaries in Liberia. There have also been at least two Ebola deaths in Nigeria, which along with the other...

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