{{Nigerian officials say they are screening passengers arriving from foreign countries for symptoms of Ebola, after a traveller from Liberia died of the contagious disease in Lagos.}}<\/p>\n
Aviation officials said on Saturday they are screening passengers arriving from abroad and health officials are distributing information about how to identify Ebola symptoms.<\/p>\n
Spokesperson for Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria Yakubu Dati says airports are also setting up holding rooms in case another potential Ebola victim lands in Nigeria. <\/p>\n
Doctors say health screens could be effective, but Ebola cannot be diagnosed on the spot and many symptoms are similar to more common diseases like malaria.<\/p>\n
Plan International’s head of disaster response Unni Krishnan warned that an outbreak in Lagos, Africa’s largest city with 21 million people, could be disastrous.<\/p>\n
– AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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