6 Passengers Suspected to have been Exposed to Ebola Virus taken to Hospital
TIR, New Delhi, 26 August 2014: Around six passengers who had arrived in Delhi from Liberia on Tuesday have been rushed to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital as it was suspected that they would be exposed to the Ebola Virus Disease.
Around six people would be quarantined at the hospital where a check up would be done. All of these six patients were made to wear protective boots and masks while being taken to the hospital.
The Union Health Ministry has set up two medical teams at the New Delhi Airport, in order to screen the passengers. Reports from the airport authorities indicate that a total of 114 people are expected to arrive from Liberia in Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday.
Earlier, a 32-year-old man who recently arrived from Lagos in Nigeria, in Mumbai, had tested negative for the Ebola virus. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 1,200 people since it began in December, 2013, the World Health Organisation has said.
The World Health Organisation has declared the outbreak in West Africa as an International Emergency.
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