{{Kenya and Ethiopia, home to some of Africa’s largest transport hubs, said on Thursday they had boosted measures to combat possible Ebola cases arriving in their countries.}}<\/p>\n
Kenya’s National Disaster Operation Centre said in a statement that “port health services are on standby, with enhanced screening at border points to prevent and contain any possible disease threat”.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Ethiopia Airlines said it was taking “extraordinary precautions in connection with the outbreak of the disease”.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia’s national carrier is a major airline connecting countries across Africa, as well as flying to the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n
“Stringent and specific surveillance is being carried out regarding all flights from west Africa at Addis Ababa airport,” the airline said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Fears that the outbreak of the virus in west Africa could spread have grown in recent days.<\/p>\n
Almost 700 people have been killed since the first case was detected in February.<\/p>\n
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