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<p>On 13 October 2014 we announced the decision to carry out entry screening for Ebola.
This has now been implemented in Heathrow airport and will be expanded to Gatwick
and Eurostar terminals this week and Manchester and Birmingham airport thereafter.</p><p>
</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>On 15 October 2014, there was a Four Nations
Health Ministers meeting, with the devolved administrations, to discuss the United
Kingdom response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which included discussion on
issues such as entry screening for Ebola. Additionally, officials from the Department
of Health have been in regular contact with their counterparts from the devolved administrations
via weekly telecommunications, in which Ebola screening at airports has been discussed.
The Department continues to share information and best practise with the devolved
administrations.</p><p> </p>
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