Sanitary control at Russian borders has been strengthened due to Ebola risks

Sanitary control at Russia's borders has been strengthened due to the risks of the spread of Ebola.

Specialists record elevated temperatures and other signs of deteriorating health in those crossing the border; if they are detected, citizens are hospitalized.

Rospotrebnadzor specialists are helping Uganda in the fight against Ebola fever and sharing their developments, including unique test systems for diagnosing the fever, with friendly states.

MOSCOW, September 14 - RIA Novosti. Sanitary control at Russia's borders has been strengthened due to the risks of Ebola; everyone returning from epidemiologically disadvantaged countries is checked, the head of the department, Anna Popova, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Earlier, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo the fastest growing in history and emphasized that there are chains of transmission of the virus that doctors do not know about.

“I would like to thank the border service employees. They responded very quickly to all our proposals and very carefully, closely monitor and transmit information about all citizens who arrive in the Russian Federation, even in transit from countries where there is a risk of infection. And, of course, we have strengthened control at the border,” Popova said, commenting on the situation with Ebola.

According to her, if specialists detect elevated temperatures or other signs of deteriorating health in those crossing the border, these citizens are hospitalized.

“This whole system works so that we do not have any risks,” Popova emphasized.

She added that from the very first days, specialists from Rospotrebnadzor institutes began to help Uganda, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an Ebola outbreak is currently being recorded, in the fight against the fever. In addition, department specialists have developed the necessary test systems for diagnosing Ebola fever, including the circulating rare Bundibugyo strain. The unique Russian development was also transferred to African colleagues.

Popova noted that Rospotrebnadzor shares its developments with friendly states that are interested in this.