LONDON (AFP) – British border staff are not
ready to deal with possible Ebola cases
arriving in the country and there are no
containment facilities for suspected victims, a
union leader said Thursday.
Fears that the outbreak of the virus in west
Africa could spread to other continents have
grown in recent days, putting border staff
across Europe and Asia on high alert.
Lucy Moreton, general secretary of the union
that represents border forces in Britain, said
that her members are “very concerned” abut
the situation.
“They are phoning us up and asking ‘what are
we supposed to do, how do we spot this, how
do we protect ourselves?’, and we can’t
answer that for them just now,” Moreton said.
“There is no health facility at the border, there
is no containment facility and until extremely
recently there has been no guidance issued to
staff at all as to what they should do.”
The warning comes a day after the British
government’s crisis response committee met
on Wednesday to discuss its preparations to
cope with any possible outbreak in Britain.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has
described it as a “very serious threat”, amid
concerns that a person carrying the virus
could travel to Britain.
One possible case in Britain has tested
negative.
Almost 700 people have been killed in west
Africa by the virus since the first case was
detected in February.

source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/ebola-europe-asia-border-staff-high-alert/