Abuja - Officials say they are screening passengers arriving from
foreign countries for symptoms of Ebola, after a traveller from
Liberia died of the contagious disease in Lagos.
Aviation officials said on Saturday they are screening passengers
arriving from abroad and health officials are distributing information
about how to identify Ebola symptoms.
Spokesperson for Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria Yakubu Dati
says airports are also setting up holding rooms in case another
potential Ebola victim lands in Nigeria.
Doctors say health screens could be effective, but Ebola cannot be
diagnosed on the spot and many symptoms are similar to more common
diseases like malaria.
Plan International's head of disaster response Unni Krishnan warned
that an outbreak in Lagos, Africa's largest city with 21 million people,
could be disastrous.
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