Thursday, July 31, 2014

UK border staff unprepared for Ebola outbreak: union

A member of the UK Border agency stands at the entrance of the Channel Ferries in Calais, northern France, on January 27, 2009 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. 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.








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