Monday 10 November 2014

Philippines to isolate returning peacekeepers for Ebola checks, worries about public reaction

People have their temperature taken at the entrance of the Canton Fair in Guangzhou MANILA (Reuters) - More than 100 Philippine peacekeepers returning from almost a year in Liberia will be put in quarantine on an isolated island on arrival this week to check for Ebola, the military said on Monday, adding there were fears how the public might react. The 21-day quarantine, on a navy-run island at the mouth of Manila Bay, was in line with World Health Organisation protocols and with government's drive to remain Ebola free, military chief General Gregorio Catapang said. ...




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