Coming to a border state near you.
Coming to a border state near you.
Did you bother to read this, or did you only look at the headline?
The fact that the traveler from Liberia could board an international flight also raised new fears that other passengers could take the disease beyond Africa due to weak inspection of passengers and the fact Ebolas symptoms are similar to other diseases.”
Officials in the country of Togo, where the sick mans flight had a stopover, also went on high alert after learning that Ebola could possibly have spread to a fifth country.”
Screening people as they enter the country may help slow the spread of the disease, but it is no guarantee Ebola wont travel by airplane, according to Dr. Lance Plyler, who heads Ebola medical efforts in Liberia for aid organization Samaritans Purse.”
Doctors say health screens could be effective, but Ebola has a variable incubation period of between two and 21 days and cannot be diagnosed on the spot.