LONDON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- British Airways announced it will suspend direct flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone effective Wednesday, due to concerns of the Ebola virus in West Africa.
The airline informed travel companies on Tuesday that: "British Airways services from London Heathrow to Freetown and Monrovia will be temporarily suspended from tomorrow, 6 August until 31 August 2014, due to the deteriorating public health situation in both countries."