Jammu Tawi, Aug. 1 -- Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that no case of Ebola virus was reported in India while thirty passengers in Jammu and Kashmir were screened for it.
The information was furnished by Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda in response to Starred Question No. 184, raised by Benny Behanan and Charanjit Singh Channi.
The MPs sought details of the measures taken by the Government following the World Health Organization's declaration of the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the number of passengers screened at Indian airports, preparedness measures and whether any restrictions had been imposed on travellers from affected countri...