NO MANDATORY SCREENINGS FOR EU AIRPORTS – BUT EXISTING CONTROLS TO BE BETTER COORDINATED
October 1st, 2014
MANDATORY Ebola screenings for passengers arriving from west Africa are not necessary at all European Union (EU) airports, an EU Council of Minsters (health) ministers meeting decided yesterday (Wednesday). Instead, agreement was reached to reinforce screenings at exit points of effected west African countries. With the help of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the European Commission will immediately undertake an audit of exit screenings systems in the most affected countries - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - “to check their effectiveness and reinforce ...
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