UK checks controls for travelers at risk of Ebola

Upon the entry to the United Kingdom of a infected nurse with the Ebola virus, the country announced a review of the controls for travelers at risk for Ebola, while the patient who is hospitalized in London, is progressing well and is treated with a experimental medicine.

Ebola infected that traveling from Sierra Leone was examined at London Heathrow airport and showed no symptoms, said on Wednesday December 31 the main government adviser on health issues, Sally Davis, to the ITV station.

The patient can talk to her family, sit upright, read and feed herself, according to doctors who care. “She does as well as we could expect at this stage of the disease,” said Dr. Michael Jacobs.