Posted on 08/27/2014 6:10:25 PM PDT by Qiviut
NEW DELHI: The enormity of the Ebola outbreak hit home on Tuesday as 112 Indians and four Nepalese arrived in the country on different flights from Liberia. This West African country has seen over 600 deaths so far and is the worst affected. Till late in the night, 88 people had arrived — 71 in Mumbai and 17 in Delhi. More were on their way on different commercial flights.
Health ministry sources said of the 17 passengers who arrived at the Delhi airport, one person has been found to have fever and sore throat which is associated with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) besides other diseases. "The passenger suspected for EVD has been quarantined at the Airport Health Organisation (APHO), a specialized health centre run by the health ministry to screen international passengers for deadly diseases. We have sent the passenger's blood sample for test," said a ministry official.
At least six others, including two women and a child, were taken to APHO for detailed health screening and officials later claimed they did not have any symptoms of the disease. In addition, five passengers from routine flights from the affected countries — Sierra Leone, Republic of Guinea and Nigeria — with symptoms of fever have been quarantined at the isolation facility at Delhi airport, said health ministry sources.
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Yeah, I think India is the most densely populated country in the world, and if you look at a map it is crazy how many people live there and how not-big it is, compared to say the US, or Russia or China.
And it is filthy and the people (despite all the recent advances) are very poor and you know that if some epidemic did break out all the worst impulses regarding their caste system would come out and hoo boy it would be a disaster so awful that nobody would ever want to write a novel or make a movie about it.
I’m sure it would make everything that is going on in West Africa look like a walk in the park.
I am so screwed.
I am so screwed.
I am so screwed.
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I think the world is about to be.
Oh great a heavily populated 3rd world country getting Ebola would be really really bad
If the people handling the imported patients here are not very careful, it will be loose here....a light hearted pat on the ass, any careless placement of an infected needle, a small hole in the hazmat suit....and the virus is loose...
You've watched too much Outbreak/Contagion/Walking Dead.
Ebola don't spread like that.
That global density picture is amazing. I think of the NE and Los Angeles as densely populated - it’s nothing compared to India or China.
If you do not, there's nothing I can do about that. ....
Dude...
DUDE!
Muslim Indians?
They are bringing more of Ebola infected people into the US...and carelessness is bound to happen. I'm staying out of crowds, & not just because of ISIS.
Never hurts to be cautious, right?
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