Thursday 31 July 2014
Ebola outbreak: Britain is ready for disease, says Jeremy Hunt
‘Britain is ready for the Ebola outbreak if it arrives in the UK, Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary has vowed.
Mr Hunt said the expertise and experience of NHS medical staff meant that Britain could ‘deal with anything’ with might threaten public health in the coming weeks.
US health officials warned that Western countries were just ‘one plane ride away’ from infection while David Cameron said the Ebola outbreak was a ‘very serious threat’ to the UK .’
Ebola outbreak: UK officials 'not prepared' to deal with virus arriving at border, union leader warns
‘UK border officials feel they are unprepared to deal with the threat of the Ebola virus arriving in Britain, a union leader has said.
It comes after the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond concluded a meeting of the Government’s emergency committee Cobra by trying to reassure the public that the disease was “not a significant risk to the UK”.
Public Health England has told The Independent that it has been briefing the UK Border Agency, airlines, doctors and Government departments on what needs to happen if a person with Ebola arrives.’
