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The airdrome authorities present launched a surveillance system, including mandatory thermal screening, for planetary passengers, pursuing the World Health Organisation's (WHO) declaration of the Ebola outbreak successful parts of Africa, an authoritative said connected Saturday (May 23, 2026).
Biju Patnaik International Airport Director Prasanna Pradhan said the statement for thermal screening has been made arsenic per the wellness section instructions.
The officials engaged successful the screening workout are besides thoroughly checking the 21-day question past of each rider successful bid to ascertain imaginable hazard factors, helium said.
"The statement has besides been made connected the airdrome premises for isolation and investigating arsenic per the Ebola screening guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry," Mr. Pradhan said.
An planetary formation from Bangkok landed astatine the airdrome here, and strict surveillance was maintained connected the passengers coming from that country.
All the passengers are advised to study immoderate symptoms similar precocious fever, assemblage ache, oregon antithetic fatigue.
The Health Ministry has asked each states and Union territories to measurement up surveillance, infirmary preparedness and screening of planetary travellers pursuing the World Health Organization's declaration of the Ebola outbreak successful the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda arsenic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
The Ministry directed states to fortify surveillance nether the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) for antithetic clusters of cases showing symptoms suggestive of Ebola disease, peculiarly among radical with caller question past to affected areas.
The symptoms listed successful the advisory see fever, weakness, musculus pain, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhoea, tummy pain, rash and reddish eyes.
