Friday, September 5, 2014

CHINA BE ALERT - DONT MISS A CHANCE ON EBOLA !!!!

Now need to add Congo ! CHINA BETTER BE AWARE - NO CHANCE TO GET THE VIRUS IN !

China gears up to prevent Ebola from enteringCCTV.com 08-16-2014 04:15 BJT Share this: Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on sinaweibo Share on email More Sharing ServicesFont size: Full coverage: Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Chinese Customs and border control authorities have strengthened measures to prevent the dreaded Ebola virus from entering the country. Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province is home to hundreds of thousands of expats from African countries. Each month, more than 40,000 people from Africa arrive in this southern Chinese metropolis, while over 150 flights leave the city’s Baiyun Airport for destinations in Africa . Local quarantine authorities have strengthened their inspections of those travellers entering the airport, who have recently travelled to any of the Ebola affected countries. The countries being Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Chinese Customs and border control authorities have strengthened measures to prevent the dreaded Ebola virus from entering the country. Airport personnel have also enhanced self-protection measures. Flights from west Africa are being made to land on runways relatively far from the terminals. "Our quarantine inspectors are cooperating with border guards to check travellers from the four countries in West Africa. They are required to leave detailed personal information, and only after they pass inspection, would they be allowed to enter. The passengers who have a fever will be brought to the testing room for further examination immediately," said Huang Guowei, Guangzhou Inspection & Quarantine Bureau. Chinese Customs and border control authorities have strengthened measures to prevent the dreaded Ebola virus from entering the country. At Beijing Capital International Airport, besides checking passengers’ body temperature and health condition, all inbound flights from Africa will be thoroughly disinfected and rubbish on the plane will be collected and incinerated. "August statistics show, that as of now, 127 passengers from the affected areas have arrived here. Less than 40 percent of them are Chinese, and the others are foreigners. During inspection, we suspected two people of having Ebola-like symptoms. And they have been transferred to Beijing Ditan Hospital. Tests on them have proved negative for Ebola, " said Huang Jianhua, Beijing Inspection & Quarantine Bureau. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has implemented stricter rules on importing goods from the Ebola affected areas. Amongst inbound travellers, no Ebola has been detected so far.

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