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Phuket Airport reports 7 people arriving from Ebola-hit countries

BANGKOK, 22 August 2014 (NNT) – Authorities at Phuket International Airport are on a lookout for more suspected Ebola cases as special monitoring is being kept on seven passengers who recently arrived at the airport from Ebola-affected countries.

According to the supervisor of the disease control checkpoint at Phuket International Airport, joint efforts have been made with airport immigration officials since August 1 in screening arriving passengers for records of travel to West African countries hit by an Ebola outbreak, namely Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

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