World Health Organisation closes facility after a health worker there was infected with deadly disease.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has shut down a laboratory in Sierra Leone after a health worker there was infected with Ebola, a move that may hamper efforts to boost the global response to the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.
southeastern Guinea in March, the Reuters news agency reported.
A separate outbreak was confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.
has killed at least 120 healthcare workers.
"It's a temporary measure to take care of the welfare of our remaining workers," WHO spokeswoman Christy Feig said, without specifying how long the measure would last. "After our assessment, they will return."
Separately, Public Health Agency of Canada spokesman Sean Upton said late on Tuesday that the agency was planning to withdraw its three-person mobile laboratory team from Sierra Leone.
The Canadian team was recalled after three people in their hotel complex were diagnosed with Ebola, although Upton said none of the Canadians had direct contact with any of the sick people and were not showing any symptoms of the disease.