New Delhi: Karnataka Health Minister UT Khader has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister Dr Harshvardhan to step up vigilance for possible Ebola virus affected patients landing at Delhi and Mumbai airports; the only two airports in the country that receive direct flights from Africa.
He has also requested them to send a team of experts to airports in Ebola affected countries who can screen people before they take off for their destinations to India. Khader also suggested that patients identified of Ebola should be taken to designated centres for treatment.
After the World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be a global threat, Indian authorities continue to be on high alert.
On Saturday, India opened a 24-hour emergency helpline with an advanced tracking and surveillance system. So far, there is no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola.
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