The Philippines on Thursday urged hundreds of its citizens to leave Ebola-hit west African nations, as it announced anyone who returned would be placed under a 21-day quarantine.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said the government had made a “voluntary repatriation” call to about 900 workers in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

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