MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) – Students arriving to Russia from African countries where Ebola virus cases had been confirmed have to go through a medical examination at the Russian border upon arrival, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said Thursday.
“It’s the start of the school year. The heads of all educational institutions attended by such students have been informed,” Golodets said.
“The control takes place on-site, at the airports,” the deputy prime minister added.
The incubation period of the Ebola virus from infection to the onset of symptoms is 21 days, Golodets added.
The number of deaths from the Ebola virus disease in the West African countries of Liberia, Nigeria, Guinea and Sierra Leone has spiked to 1,350, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday.
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a deadly disease transmitted through direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of the infected. There is no licensed treatment or vaccine for the Ebola virus yet, which has a case fatality rate of up to 90 percent.
Last week, the WHO concluded that it is ethical to use experimental drugs to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus.
