U.A.E. free from Ebola, says Health Ministry

Abu Dhabi (WAM): The Ministry of Health has announced that the U.A.E. is free from Ebola disease and that preventive and precautionary measures in line with the World Health Organisation (WHO) regulations have been taken to keep the disease at bay. Dr. Amin Al Amiri, Assistant Under-Secretary of the Ministry for the Public Health Policies and Licensing and Ministry spokesman, said, "The U.A.E. is free from Ebola disease, which has been reported in a number of African countries," adding that the Ministry, health institutions and other competent authorities, including the National Crisis and Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA), are taking the precautionary measures in this respect. He said that the Ministry is in contact with the WHO so as to be kept posted with the latest developments in this respect. Dr. Al Amiri reiterated that the procedures taken so far are sufficient to protect the country, ruling out the entry of any Ebola case into the country. He added that the Ministry, in coordination with the competent authorities, is implementing all the resolutions of the last WHO meeting with the countries where Ebola has been detected, to prevent the entry of the disease into the country. Dr. Al Amiri stressed that the U.A.E. is prepared to deal with any case from abroad. – Emirates News Agency, WAM http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395268492867.html