Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Travellers screened for ebola at border

By HENRY ANDANJE
Tuesday, December 30 2008 at 20:25
People entering Kenya from the Great Lakes region through the border town of Malaba are being screened for ebola.

A public health officer, Mr Charles Magomere, said travellers from the Democratic Republic of Congo were being screened in order to know if the areas they were coming from had been affected by the disease.

“There is an ebola alert in the DRC and we are not taking any chances,” the officer said.

Speaking to the Nation in his office on Tuesday, Mr Magomere said no case of ebola had been found but posters have been put up at the Kenya Revenue Authority’s customs yard to sensitise people on how they can detect the symptoms of the disease and what actions they should take.

The veterinary officer in charge of disease surveillance at Malaba, Mr Kennedy Ndengu, has said that his office was also checking eggs, live birds, skins and hides being imported from neighbouring countries.

Mr Ndengu said they were guarding against the entrance of anthrax and bird flu into the country.

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