New Delhi, May 27 -- Canada has banned residents of three African countries from entering the nation due to an Ebola outbreak for three months or 90 days. The immigration authorities are temporarily suspending taking any decisions on applications from those three African nations.

For those travelling to the country from Ebola-affected regions will be required to self-isolate for 21 days. The travel ban has been imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan.

The Canadian government said that the temporary border measure aimed to reduce the risk of Ebola entering and spreading within Canada.

Luc Brisebois, director-general for the Centre for Border and Travel Health at the Public Health Agency of Canada, said th...