Madurai: A screening desk has been put in place at Madurai airport for screening passengers arriving from Dubai and Colombo as airports across the country have been alerted over Ebola outbreak in West Africa spreading to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria.
The Centre and Airport Health Organisation have directed airports to take steps to prevent spread of the disease from international travellers.
Following the alert, the Airport Authority of India officials, in coordination with officials of the State Health Department, set up a health desk near the immigration counter inside the new terminal.
“Though there are no direct flights from the worst-affected countries to Madurai, there are flights from these places to the Gulf from where passengers might enter the city. A large number of Nigerians also study in Madurai,” said an airport official on Monday.
Passengers with symptoms of Ebola could approach the doctors available at the airport, the official said.
12/08/14 S Mohammed Rohith/The Hindu
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The Centre and Airport Health Organisation have directed airports to take steps to prevent spread of the disease from international travellers.
Following the alert, the Airport Authority of India officials, in coordination with officials of the State Health Department, set up a health desk near the immigration counter inside the new terminal.
“Though there are no direct flights from the worst-affected countries to Madurai, there are flights from these places to the Gulf from where passengers might enter the city. A large number of Nigerians also study in Madurai,” said an airport official on Monday.
Passengers with symptoms of Ebola could approach the doctors available at the airport, the official said.
12/08/14 S Mohammed Rohith/The Hindu
