Thursday 23 October 2014

Tackle Ebola in Africa to ensure threat to UK is stemmed, says medical expert

Tackle Ebola in Africa to ensure threat to UK is stemmed, says medical expertDame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, says risks to British low, but NHS and global community need to act now

Britain is well prepared for an Ebola outbreak but the best way to ensure the threat to the UK does not escalate is to fight the disease in west Africa, the chief medical officer for England, said on Wednesday.

Dame Sally Davies told MPs on the Commons health select committee that airport screening had been introduced mainly to alert people coming from Ebola-affected countries as to what to do should they develop symptoms. Continue reading... The Guardian

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