The Ebola outbreak is the second deadliest of the disease on record, according to the World Health Organization.
Rwanda has shut down its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has resulted in more than 1,803 deaths since last August.
In a statement, the office of DRC president Félix Tshisekedi said it regretted what it described as a unilateral decision made by Rwandan officials, which it noted"runs counter to the advice of the World Health Organization,"Indeed, WHO has recommended against travel restrictions amid the outbreak, but has warned that the risk of regional spread is"very high."
In June, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency described seeing an uncharacteristic rise in asylum seekers from DRC at the border, with U.S. Border Patrol agents with the agency's Del Rio Sector in Texas detaining more than 500 people from African countries in six days alone.
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