Guinea Reinforce Health Control Measures at Conakry Airport 

Guinean authorities have reinforced health control measures at the Conakry international airport. 

At a  meeting with heads of airlines and representatives of the World Health Organization as well as Doctors Without Borders, the ministry of health said they have placed treated water for washing hands both at the entry and exit points of the airport. 

Passengers will be expected to fill in special forms to ascertain their health status before having their body temperatures taken. 

Health authorities have also installed two isolation zones at the airport to handle suspected Ebola patients. 

Guinea is one of the worst Ebola-hit countries in West Africa where the outbreak of the epidemic has claimed over One thousand, three hundred lives since early this year.

Source: XINHUA