EBOLA OUTBREAK: DAVID CAMERON SAYS DEADLY VIRUS POSES 'SERIOUS THREAT' TO BRITAIN.
Medical staff working with Medecins sans Frontieres in Sierra Leone prepare to bring food to patients
Picture: Reuters
By Georgia Graham, Political Correspondent
Philip Hammond prepares to chair emergency Cobra meeting on the disease
to decide 'measures' Britain needs to deal with the growing threat of
the deadly virus
The spread of Ebola is a “very serious threat”
to the UK, the Foreign Secretary has said as he prepares to chair an
emergency meeting on how to tighten the Britain’s defences against the
deadly virus.
Mr Hammond said that David Cameron regards the
threat as “serious” and will discuss which measures need to be taken to
protect British people from the virus bother in the UK or in our
diplomatic posts abroad.
He said the Government was “very much focused” on dealing with the “new and emerging threat.”
American Patrick Sawyer died of Ebola in Nigeria (AP)
Global response to the disease has been ramped up following the death
of an American citizen who died in Lagos who was allowed to board an
international flight.
The disease, which can be fatal for up to
90 per cent of infected victims, had killed more than 670 people in an
outbreak across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Public Health
England has issued an urgent warning to doctors to watch for signs of
the disease after an infected man was allowed to travel through an
international hub. Official said the virus was “clearly not under
control.”
Speaking on Sky News, Mr Hammond said that discussion
of the response to the virus has “certainly” has reached Cabinet level
discussions with the Prime Minister.
He said: “As far as we are
aware there are no British national so far affected by this outbreak
and certainly no cases in the UK. However the prime Minister does regard
it as a very serious threat.
“I will be chairing a cobra
meeting later on today to assess the situation and look at any measures
that we need to take either in the UK or in our diplomatic posts abroad
in order to manage that threat.
“Were very much focused on it as a new and emerging threat that we need to deal with.”
The meeting has been called after the Government’s chief scientist
warned that deadly diseases such as Ebola are “potentially a major
threat” to Britain.
In an interview with The Telegraph Sir Mark
Walport, the Government’s chief scientific adviser said the
increasingly interconnected world was placing Britons at risk.
7/30/2014
EBOLA OUTBREAK: DAVID CAMERON SAYS DEADLY VIRUS POSES 'SERIOUS THREAT' TO BRITAIN.
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