US developing Ebola airport checks

President Barack Obama says the United States is considering additional measures to screen passengers for Ebola. 

The measures would be taken at airports both in West Africa and at U.S. points of entry. 

President Obama called a meeting on Monday with Cabinet members and other top officials of the team he has set up to stop the outbreak.

President Obama said in addition to launching a campaign to educate American health workers on how to deal with the disease, the team is looking at new measures to screen passengers traveling from West Africa to the United States. U.S. officials are not considering a travel ban.

They say imposing one would hinder the delivery of medical supplies and equipment to the stricken regions of West Africa, because it is commercial carriers that transport most of the shipments.

Mr Obama said though the possibility of an outbreak in the United States is extremely low it is in the best interest of Americans to stop the disease at its source in West Africa.

VOA