Top African airlines, Kenya Airways and South African Airlines, have said they will not suspend operation to west African countries that have been affect by the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

Earlier this week, British Airways canceled all its flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia, and Emirates suspended service to Guinea. Delta also refunded passengers with flights in the region.

South Africa’s national airline, SAA, said on Friday it will continue to operate in West Africa as its destinations there have not been affected by an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, Reuters reported.

“We will monitor the situation on a continuous basis and will review our decisions should there be developments that warrant such a review,” SAA said in a statement.

Citing assessments by World Health Organization (WHO) and The International Air Transport Association (IATA) that downplayed the possible spread of Ebola virus through air travel, Kenya Airways, said it will continue flying to and from Liberia and other west Africa destinations despite the outbreak of a deadly Ebola epidemic in the region.

“According to information availed to us from IATA and collaborated by local experts, the WHO, current risk assessment for the spread of Ebola by air travel and transport is minimal and hence not recommending any travel restrictions or the closure of borders at points of entry,” outgoing chief executive Titus Naikuni said in a statement seen by AFKInsider.

Global Emergency

The WHO declared an international public health emergency over the west African Ebola outbreak that has so far claimed 932 lives and infected more than 1,700 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and recently Nigeria — Africa’s most populated country.

Naikuni said Kenya Airways will maintain precautionary measures including educating all staff on Ebola, how it is transmitted and how to keep safe, adding that all ground staff and crew in Monrovia, Free Town, Accra, Lagos and Abujaare were on high alert to identify passengers who look unwell on check in or on board and facilitate immediate review by a medical personnel for assistance.

Ebola causes severe fever and, in the worst cases, unstoppable bleeding. It is transmitted through close contact with bodily fluids, and people who live with or care for patients are most at risk.

Another African carrier, Ethiopian Airline, said earlier this month that it has heightened its precautions to ensure the safety of both passenger and crew even though it doesn’t fly directly in the affected countries.