INDIAN OFFICIALS SCRAMBLE TO SET UP ISOLATION FACILITIES… To Treat Ebola - by: J. D. Heyes (NaturalNews) September 17, 2014 Natural News: As the Ebola outbreak tears through West Africa, nations all around the world have begun to consider and take emergency measures to ensure that the deadly virus does not make its way to their borders. One such country is India, where authorities have been on heightened alert since August, according to the countrys health ministry, which said officials believe that there is a high risk that the virus could make its way to the worlds most populous democracy. Especially worrisome, Indian health officials said, is the large population of nationals working in the four affected West African nations; should they begin returning en masse, the danger would be dramatically heightened. As reported by Reuters: “There are nearly 45,000 Indian nationals living and working in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria - where an outbreak of the disease has killed [thousands of] people, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told parliament.... No natural immunity in India, one of the worlds most populous countries If the situation worsens in the affected countries, there could be possibility of these Indians travelling back to India, Vardhan said. While the risk of Ebola virus cases in India is low, preparedness measures are in place to deal with any case of the virus imported to India. Also, last month, Liberia declared a state of emergency because of the worst-ever outbreak, after the countrys health system began to break down and collapse. Officials there noted that a number of major airlines had ceased flights to the country and a number of expats were known to be departing. In recent days, the Bombay High Court -- in response to a complaint lodged by activist Ketan Tirodkar -- ordered the State Government to improve screening facilities at international airports in Pune and Nagpur, with an eye toward passengers who are returning from countries that are currently under siege by the disease. The new screening facilities should mimic those already in place at international airports in the capital of New Dehli and in Mumbai. The Health Site reported that many Indians fleeing the disease are returning to portions of India where there are inadequate Ebola screening facilities. Health officials in India further noted that, since the disease originated in Africa and has never migrated to India, there is no natural immunity within the countrys boundaries. That means if Ebola were to arrive there, the death rate would be extremely high, they added…”
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