Cote d'Ivoire battles to keep Ebola out

Cote d'Ivoire is taking aggressive anti-infection measures that its poorer, smaller western neighbors were slow to adopt.

Hand washing stations have appeared at the entrances of government buildings and office towers in Abidjan, the bustling economic capital.

People have abandoned the traditional three-kiss greeting.

Mass mobile text messages send out a government awareness campaign nationwide.

Meanwhile, international cocoa exporters have restricted staff movements in the country, exposing the sector's vulnerability to the growing fear of Ebola.

Flights to and from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been banned, provoking anger in those countries.

Last month, the western border was shut.

REUTERS