Singapore at “low risk of ebola outbreak”
West Africa is seeing an ebola outbreak which has killed more than 600 so far. Ebola cases have been suspected in Britain and Hong Kong, but patients have so far tested negative. The authorities in those countries have put quarantine measures in place.
“Ebola poses a low public health risk to Singapore since person-to-person transmission results from direct contact with bodily fluids of those infected, and there is low travel connectivity to West Africa where the current outbreak remains limited to,” the MOH said.
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“Ebola poses a low public health risk to Singapore since person-to-person transmission results from direct contact with bodily fluids of those infected, and there is low travel connectivity to West Africa where the current outbreak remains limited to,” the MOH said.
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