Maharashtra on high alert on Ebola issue

Maharashtra on high alert on Ebola issue

OUTBREAK is a medical thriller written by Dr. Robin Cook and published in 1987 which deals with an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the United States. Nobody had thought then [hat the same virus would play havoc in 2014. Now World Health Organisation has declared it as emergency disease. The airports all over the world have been put on alert. Even Maharashtra State hurriedly issued some instructions, surprisingly, the authorities ai Nagpur did not get any such.

International Health division of the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministrv of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Government of India has communicated to Air Port Health Officer (APHO) for necessary vigilance at all international entry points. International Health division has been asked to collect information wiili the help of APHO of concerned airport about the list of suspected passengers, if any and their relevant details and transmit the same to the respective State Government(s) immediately.

When contacted P Anilkumar. Sr Airport Director. MIHAN India Limited (MIL) at Nagpur's Dr Bahasaheh Amhedkar International Airport said that he did not get any such instructions uptill now.

Surcsh Shetty. Maharashtra's Minister for Public Health said. "Two ambulances available with Maharashtra Emergency Medical Service (MEMS  108) have been deployed ai Mumbai Airport to shift suspected passengers, if any. Ten beds have been reserved in each of Medical College Hospitals of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). State has communicated to all medical officers to be prepared to handle any eventuality in the wake of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. State has communicated National Iastitute of Virology Pune to provide diagnostic facility for EVD. NIV has approved for the same."

Dr Sandhya Saoji. noted senior Microbiologist said, "It causes by infected body fluid. In my textbook

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