Ebola: Kerala to monitor travellers from affected nations for 21 days

Key points

• The Kerala Health department will place travellers arriving from countries flagged by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Union Health Ministry for reporting Ebola cases under mandatory health surveillance for up to 21 days after their arrival in Kerala.
• The State Rapid Response Team, which met here on Thursday under the chairmanship of Health Minister K.
• Muraleedharan, said the measure was being adopted as an additional precaution.
• Officials clarified that no Ebola cases have been reported in India so far and that there was no cause for panic.
• Travellers arriving from Ebola-affected countries — the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan — have been directed to strictly follow the special health guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry.