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Brussels Airlines CEO issues stern warning to Ebola affected States
By Chernor Ojuku, Information Attach?, Sierra Leone Embassy, Brussels/EU
Nov 6, 2014, 17:12
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brussels Airlines, has warned governments of the three most Ebola affected countries in the Mano River Union basin in West Africa, to ensure strict medical and prevention adherences in order to prevent Ebola-infected passengers from boarding their aircrafts, as ?any passenger tested Ebola positive on board Brussels Airlines will provoke an automatic suspension of flights to the three countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea?.
Brian Gustin, was addressing Ambassadors of the affected States of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, and Ghana, the incumbent presidency of the Chair of the ECOWAS Authority Heads of State and governments on Tuesday, 4th November, 2014 who had paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of Brussels Airlines at Zaventem Airport to meet with the CEO and his Deputy as part of the Ebola diplomatic efforts manifested by the embassies in the fight against the deadly Ebola disease in the sub-region.
The CEO recounted to the four Ambassadors and delegation, the unfortunate incident that took place on Monday, November 3rd at the airport when a female passenger from Sierra Leone vomited as she alighted from the aircraft and experienced high fever. ?This situation caused panic not only to our crew members, but also to the general public in Belgium when the news was aired by the local media. However, we thank God that the tests were carried out lasting six hours and proved negative?.
The CEO continued that, the said passenger must have been experiencing headache and had apparently drank some paracetamol tablets to ease the fever, which enabled her to board the aircraft in Freetown, undetected.
?This is unacceptable. The travelling passengers must be honest enough to disclose their correct health status and not try to put their countries at risk. We are doing our best to service these three countries, despite tremendous pressures from our crew members, families and some members of the public for us to stop flying to these Ebola affected countries. We are committed to continue, but we need the support of the travelling passengers as well as the relevant government authorities to ensure that stringent measures are put in place at the various airports to prevent anyone with the slightest symptoms of fever from boarding our aircrafts.
At any time we carry a passenger who proves Ebola positive, will live us with no alternative but to suspend flights to all the three countries with immediate effect?.
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http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200526579.shtml
By Chernor Ojuku, Information Attach?, Sierra Leone Embassy, Brussels/EU
Nov 6, 2014, 17:12
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brussels Airlines, has warned governments of the three most Ebola affected countries in the Mano River Union basin in West Africa, to ensure strict medical and prevention adherences in order to prevent Ebola-infected passengers from boarding their aircrafts, as ?any passenger tested Ebola positive on board Brussels Airlines will provoke an automatic suspension of flights to the three countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea?.
Brian Gustin, was addressing Ambassadors of the affected States of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, and Ghana, the incumbent presidency of the Chair of the ECOWAS Authority Heads of State and governments on Tuesday, 4th November, 2014 who had paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of Brussels Airlines at Zaventem Airport to meet with the CEO and his Deputy as part of the Ebola diplomatic efforts manifested by the embassies in the fight against the deadly Ebola disease in the sub-region.
The CEO recounted to the four Ambassadors and delegation, the unfortunate incident that took place on Monday, November 3rd at the airport when a female passenger from Sierra Leone vomited as she alighted from the aircraft and experienced high fever. ?This situation caused panic not only to our crew members, but also to the general public in Belgium when the news was aired by the local media. However, we thank God that the tests were carried out lasting six hours and proved negative?.
The CEO continued that, the said passenger must have been experiencing headache and had apparently drank some paracetamol tablets to ease the fever, which enabled her to board the aircraft in Freetown, undetected.
?This is unacceptable. The travelling passengers must be honest enough to disclose their correct health status and not try to put their countries at risk. We are doing our best to service these three countries, despite tremendous pressures from our crew members, families and some members of the public for us to stop flying to these Ebola affected countries. We are committed to continue, but we need the support of the travelling passengers as well as the relevant government authorities to ensure that stringent measures are put in place at the various airports to prevent anyone with the slightest symptoms of fever from boarding our aircrafts.
At any time we carry a passenger who proves Ebola positive, will live us with no alternative but to suspend flights to all the three countries with immediate effect?.
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http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200526579.shtml