Ebola virus: surveillance, screening stepped up at Kochi airport
Health surveillance measures have been enhanced at Cochin International Airport to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. This decision follows a global alert regarding Ebola outbreaks and includes increased passenger monitoring and thermal screening. Isolation wards have been established at local hospitals to manage potential cases and strict infection prevention protocols are being enforced.
- ▪Health surveillance and precautionary protocols have been intensified at Cochin International Airport.
- ▪A 24x7 monitoring system will be activated, including thermal screening for international passengers.
- ▪Passengers arriving from countries like Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan will undergo special health surveillance.
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Health surveillance and precautionary protocols to prevent the spread of Ebola virus have been intensified at the Cochin International Airport.The decision to step up preventive measures was taken at an emergency preparedness meeting convened jointly by Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) and the Airport Health Organisation (APHO) in view of the global alert over Ebola outbreaks. The meeting decided to strengthen passenger monitoring systems for the early detection of symptoms and reinforce coordinated public health response measures at the airport, according to an official release issued on Friday (May 22).As part of the enhanced surveillance protocol, a 24x7 monitoring system will be activated at the airport.
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