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Ottawa will be one of six Canadian airports where arriving passengers will be screened for the Ebola virus, the federal government announced Thursday.
Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax and Calgary are the others.
Canada Public Health Agency chief Dr. Gregory Taylor said under the Quarantine Act, travellers to Canada who are unwell are supposed to declare that fact when they arrive in this country.
They should also declare if they’ve been in contact with a sick person. Anyone who is ill or reports having had contact with a sick person will be referred to a quarantine officer.
“Quarantine officers have the necessary training and equipment, including temperature monitoring devices, to conduct a health assessment and determine whether additional health measures are required,” he said in the statement.
“Should these travellers identify themselves in this manner, a temperature check will now be administered.”
As well, Taylor said the Public Health Agency will be increasing the number of staff at Canadian airports to help with the screening of travellers from Ebola-affected regions.
Border agency officers at crossings that do not have a quarantine officer can connect via technology with one around the clock, added the agency.
Federal Heath Minister Rona Ambrose told MPs Wednesday that the government will also be taking “targeted temperature screens” but did not say what that entailed or whether it would be at airports alone or all border crossings.
There are no direct flights into Canada from Ebola-affected West African countries.
The United States has also implemented similar screenings at five major airports — New York’s JFK International Airport, Washington-Dulles, Newark, N.J., Chicago-O’Hare and Hartsfield in Atlanta, Georgia
Those airports are the destinations for 94 per cent of all U.S.-bound flights from the Ebola-affected countries.
The Canadian Press
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Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax and Calgary are the others.
Canada Public Health Agency chief Dr. Gregory Taylor said under the Quarantine Act, travellers to Canada who are unwell are supposed to declare that fact when they arrive in this country.
They should also declare if they’ve been in contact with a sick person. Anyone who is ill or reports having had contact with a sick person will be referred to a quarantine officer.
“Quarantine officers have the necessary training and equipment, including temperature monitoring devices, to conduct a health assessment and determine whether additional health measures are required,” he said in the statement.
“Should these travellers identify themselves in this manner, a temperature check will now be administered.”
As well, Taylor said the Public Health Agency will be increasing the number of staff at Canadian airports to help with the screening of travellers from Ebola-affected regions.
Border agency officers at crossings that do not have a quarantine officer can connect via technology with one around the clock, added the agency.
Federal Heath Minister Rona Ambrose told MPs Wednesday that the government will also be taking “targeted temperature screens” but did not say what that entailed or whether it would be at airports alone or all border crossings.
There are no direct flights into Canada from Ebola-affected West African countries.
The United States has also implemented similar screenings at five major airports — New York’s JFK International Airport, Washington-Dulles, Newark, N.J., Chicago-O’Hare and Hartsfield in Atlanta, Georgia
Those airports are the destinations for 94 per cent of all U.S.-bound flights from the Ebola-affected countries.
The Canadian Press
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