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Dominican Republic Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit |
The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it was banning travellers who have visited countries affected by endemic outbreaks of Ebola. Among the countries banned are Nigeria and Senegal, despite the duo being declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation.
Authorities will “deny entry into Dominican territory to people who in the past 30 days have visited any of the countries declared to be on a state of alert by the World Health Organization,” said Health Minister Altagracia Guzman.
She listed the other countries as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, where #Ebolavirus has done much greater damage.
As part of the new measures, the Caribbean country, whose tourism industry is a key source of revenue, has ordered ships and airlines to inform medical personnel at ports and airports if they carry any travellers who have visited the listed countries in the past month.
Any passengers showing symptoms of the disease — which include fever, vomiting, diarrhea and muscle and joint pain — will be taken to a “rigorously equipped” health facility, said Guzman.
A Nigerian woman was turned away from a
Trinidad & Tobago airport last Friday, in accordance with the
country’s new policies instituted to prevent Ebola from spreading into
its territory.
Jamaica Observer reports
that after landing at Piarco International Airport, health officials
interviewed the woman immediately after she disembarked from a Copa
Airlines flight, which had departed from Panama and made a stop in
Venezuela.
Because she was a Nigerian national
whose travel itinerary originated in Nigeria, she was categorized as
among those who would not be allowed to enter the country.
Reports state that the woman is the first individual to be banned from Trinidad & Tobago under the new policies.
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