Are you medically screening passengers for Ebola, HC asks Centre

September 02, 2014 19:52

The Centre and Maharashtra government today informed the Bombay high court that they had taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of Ebola virus in the wake of a large number of Indians fleeing the West African countries to return home.

However, the bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka, after hearing the Centre and going through the affidavit filed by the state government, asked whether the authorities were medically screening the passengers arriving from the Ebola-hit countries.

To this, the lawyers of both the governments said they had no instructions as of now and would inform the court about this later.

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