Health services ramp up Ebola prevention measures

The Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Control at Hospital Conde de São Januário has ramped up its guidelines for infection control related to Ebola, the Health Bureau has announced. These changes have been implemented after cases involving Spain and the United States were analysed by Macau health authorities. Although the risk for Macau is considered low, the health of individuals arriving from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone that want to visit the Chinese territory is being monitored. Now, and following the latest development of the disease, individuals coming from Nigeria will also be screened.
According to the World Health Organization, of 9,191 cases of Ebola worldwide 4,546 have resulted in death.