CDC Officials: Duncan?s Case Does Not Undermine RIA?s Progress
Wed, 10/15/2014 - 23:45 admin
Two personnel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) who have been working for the past three weeks alongside the Roberts International Airport team in the area of capacity building, said on Monday, October 13 that the procedures at the airport are rigorous enough to track down passengers showing signs and symptoms of the virus and that, the case involving the late Thoms Eric Duncan, who travelled to the United States from Liberia and was later diagnosed of Ebola, in no way undermined progress made in combating the spread of the virus for travellers and airlines coming to the airport.
Dr. Lisa Rotz and J. Scott Vegas, the two CDC personnel who have been in Liberia as part of a regular three-week rotation since the Ebola outbreak, said RIA is on an irreversible path, providing an atmosphere conducive for travelling during this Ebola period; and that the CDC is a great partner in ensuring that standards in place at the airport remain robust...
