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Ghana To Screen All Foreign Students Forebola by iamord(m): 7:16am On Aug 13, 2014 |
Ghana is considering screening all foreign students for Ebola, in all the West African country's Universities, as part of efforts to curb an outbreak. The move comes as the spread of the haemorrhagic fever claims more than 1,000 lives in sub-Saharan Africa. Although Ghana is yet to record a case, there are fears the nation of 25 million people, is not prepared to handle the deadly virus in case of an outbreak. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), one of Ghana's major public schools of higher learning, recently announced an indefinite postponement of its re- opening to strategise about how to deal with a possible outbreak. Reacting to concerns over how Ghanaian Universities are handling the possibility of foreign students entering the country with the disease, Deputy Education Minister in charge of tertiary institutions, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said the ministry is considering a wholesale screening of students as part of strategies to avoid an outbreak of the disease on University campuses. “It is very likely the re-opening of all our institutions will be postponed while the Inter-Ministerial taskforce puts in place the necessary screening mechanisms and health readiness processes before schools are re-open. He told Joy FM that the mechanisms will allow for "thorough screening of especially foreign students who will be coming from these countries”. Ebola has so far killed more than 1,000 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. It is contracted through direct contact with fluids of infected patients as well as from eating bush meat: apes, fruit bats and antelopes. The World Health Organization says it has lost control over the fast-spreading epidemic and has declared it an international public health emergency. In compliance, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone have all declared national health emergencies and restricted movement in certain areas to contain the spread. Source : Ghana / StarrFMonline.com SHARE THIS PAGE Comments ( 0 ) Advertisement More headline Home Headlines Business Politics International Entertainment Health Education Sports Technology Lifestyle |
Re: Ghana To Screen All Foreign Students Forebola by AzontoGhost(m): 5:27pm On Aug 13, 2014 |
that's cool |
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