UK screens west-Africa passengers for Ebola
Tourist Bureau
UK government announces “enhanced screening” for passengers arriving from west African countries due to Ebola threat.
This means that passengers arriving from Sierra Leone, Guinea or Liberia will have to undergo screening procedures at London Heathrow and Gatwick as well as the Eurostar terminal in Folkestone.
The screening will mostly consists of a questionnaire and some medical assessments.
The Ebola outbreak is responsible for killing more than 3000 people with over 7200 infected so far.
For people traveling in those areas, measures have been taken for some weeks now. The most dangerous issue is that they don’t become infectious until they display the symptoms.
Current status changes for the UK occur after the Spanish nurse case earlier this week, marking the first person to be infected outside West Africa. This accounted for a change of views from British Ministers after an advice has been issued from the World Health Organization.
The mindset has thus shifted from being against screening to “offering an additional level of protection to the UK”.
Measures as such, are likely to occur all around the globe as the Ebola outbreak has to be kept under control as it is a major health hazard.
Further measures are expected to be taken by airlines which travel to west Africa as well, in order to protect their means of international transport.
This means that passengers arriving from Sierra Leone, Guinea or Liberia will have to undergo screening procedures at London Heathrow and Gatwick as well as the Eurostar terminal in Folkestone.
The screening will mostly consists of a questionnaire and some medical assessments.
The Ebola outbreak is responsible for killing more than 3000 people with over 7200 infected so far.
For people traveling in those areas, measures have been taken for some weeks now. The most dangerous issue is that they don’t become infectious until they display the symptoms.
Current status changes for the UK occur after the Spanish nurse case earlier this week, marking the first person to be infected outside West Africa. This accounted for a change of views from British Ministers after an advice has been issued from the World Health Organization.
The mindset has thus shifted from being against screening to “offering an additional level of protection to the UK”.
Measures as such, are likely to occur all around the globe as the Ebola outbreak has to be kept under control as it is a major health hazard.
Further measures are expected to be taken by airlines which travel to west Africa as well, in order to protect their means of international transport.
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