The MoH said it is gravely concerned about cross-border transmission of the highly contagious virus into the country and dramatic steps are needed to strictly monitor people at border gates. At the meeting, experts from the World Health Organization, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) agreed the MoH should closely supervise procedures to prevent an Ebola outbreak.
They also agreed to implement entry restrictions to curtail the spread by requiring medical declarations for passengers from the areas hardest hit by the disease including the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal.
WTO representatives said they along with Japan will provide the MoH support to conduct Ebola tests of people entering the country.
Experts said the Ebola epidemic is continuing to spread rapidly, especially in the three nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone with more than 8,300 infected cases and over 4,000 deaths having been reported.
