Madrid Airport Activates Emergency Measures Over Ebola

A Madrid airport activated
emergency measures after a passenger arriving on an air France flight was suspected of having Ebola, reported the London base Daily Mail newspaper.
The Passenger on air France 1300 from Lagos, Nigeria, had started shivering with a fever during the flight which landed at Barajas International Airport in the Spanish capital.
Air France said the other passengers disembarked from the plane, which was flying via Paris. The plane will now be disinfected and the return flight has been cancelled.
Spain’s Health Ministry confirmed that an Ebola emergency protocol were set in motion but declined to give details.
There had been at least 160 people on board the flight which left Charles de Gaulle in Paris at 9.35am and arrived 11.30 am.
An Air France Spokesperson said the passenger had been isolated “for medical checks” but other sources at the airline suggested that he did not have Ebola.
France last Thursday became the fourth country after Britain, United States and Canada to introduce screening for the virus at its main international airports. It came as the United Nations warned that Ebola was outpacing efforts to combat the epidemic.
Meanwhile, Nigeria had been declared Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) free by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after the expiration of 42 days observance to double the period of incubation of the disease when no cause of Ebola had been reported.
Nigeria equally received commendation from across the globe on the efforts put in place to contain the spread of Ebola from the first index case Mr Patrick Sawyer.