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A full of 58 travellers who arrived astatine Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) from Ebola-affected countries of Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan person been placed nether 21-day location isolation arsenic portion of Telangana’s preventive measures against the virus, Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha said connected Tuesday.
Officials informed the Minister during a reappraisal gathering that nary of the travellers had shown symptoms of Ebola truthful far. All 58 individuals person been categorised nether Category-I and are being continuously monitored by territory surveillance teams.
The Minister said nary Ebola cases had been detected successful Telangana till day and urged the nationalist not to panic. “The authorities is maintaining strict vigilance and has strengthened precautionary measures astatine airports and hospitals to forestall immoderate imaginable outbreak successful the State,” helium added.
The Minister was informed that passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries are undergoing strict screening and thermal scanning astatine Hyderabad airport. A dedicated aesculapian squad comprising doctors, wellness inspectors, tract unit and paramedical unit has been deployed astatine the airdrome to show incoming passengers. The ‘108’ ambulances are kept connected standby circular the timepiece to grip emergencies.
As portion of the preparedness measures, a dedicated 10-bed isolation ward has been acceptable up astatine Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad. Sunil Kumar, caput of the Department of General Medicine, has been appointed nodal serviceman for Ebola preparedness. Samples from suspected Ebola cases are being sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) successful Pune for testing.
The Minister directed officials to support continuous surveillance and guarantee determination is nary negligence successful monitoring travellers. He said immoderate idiosyncratic showing symptoms of Ebola should beryllium instantly shifted to the isolation ward astatine Gandhi Hospital.
