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| Prevent Ebola, Heathrow Airport Passenger Check |
The passengers who arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, from Thursday (14/10/2014) will be checked in order to prevent the spread of the ebola virus.
Inspection will be focused to pinpoint ebola symptoms on passengers arriving at London's main airport.
The assurance was delivered by Health Minister Jeremy Hunt. According to him, the immigration officer will identify the passengers who came from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, three African countries that experienced the worst outbreak.
"This step will begin tomorrow at Heathrow's Terminal One which receives about 85 percent of passengers from those countries who arrived at Heathrow Airport," said Hunt in hearings in the lower House, Monday.
Ahead of the weekend, the same measures will be applied to other terminals at Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport.
In addition, the examination will be conducted on passengers of passengers from three West African countries who arrived in the United Kingdom using the Eurostar trains from Paris and Brussels.
Passenger screening to prevent the spread of Ebola has also been announced by the United States and Canada.
United States authorities have begun investigations at JFK airport, New York.
Meanwhile, Director of the Center for disease control and prevention Dr. Tom Frieden told hospitals to be aware of the symptoms on the people of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Commands issued after an American health workers contracted Ebola from a Liberian man in a Dallas Hospital.
Source BBC Indonesia
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