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Border guards are not prepared for the arrival of Ebola in Britain, union chiefs warned yesterday.
The Immigration Services Union said that official claims the UK is ready to cope are wide of the mark.
General secretary Lucy Moreton said: ?There is no health facility at the border, there is no containment facility. And until extremely recently there has been no guidance issued to staff at all.?
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But the ISU said its members have flooded its phone lines with queries on the correct procedures to take and how to best protect themselves.
Ms Moreton said: ?They are concerned it appears Public Health England believe that they have had some form of training on how to recognise the symptoms of Ebola at the border. That simply isn?t the case.?
She said border guards she has spoken to have no idea about what procedures they should follow.
Ms Moreton added: ?They are the first point of contact usually for people coming off an aircraft. The concern is what do they do if they?re confronted with someone that doesn?t appear well.?
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Border guards are not prepared for the arrival of Ebola in Britain, union chiefs warned yesterday.
The Immigration Services Union said that official claims the UK is ready to cope are wide of the mark.
General secretary Lucy Moreton said: ?There is no health facility at the border, there is no containment facility. And until extremely recently there has been no guidance issued to staff at all.?
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But the ISU said its members have flooded its phone lines with queries on the correct procedures to take and how to best protect themselves.
Ms Moreton said: ?They are concerned it appears Public Health England believe that they have had some form of training on how to recognise the symptoms of Ebola at the border. That simply isn?t the case.?
She said border guards she has spoken to have no idea about what procedures they should follow.
Ms Moreton added: ?They are the first point of contact usually for people coming off an aircraft. The concern is what do they do if they?re confronted with someone that doesn?t appear well.?
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