The Thai Foreign Ministry has cautioned local travelers to postpone
their trips to three countries in West Africa that have been hard hit
by the Ebola outbreak.
In addition to delaying
their non-essential travel to West Africa , Thai nationals should also
closely follow updates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) website,
said the ministry.
If a trip needs to be made to the Ebola-hit
parts, the person in question needs to register their travel details
including the name of their accommodation and flight plans with the Thai
embassy in Senegal in the event of an emergency.
The ministry has also screened arriving passengers from West Africa at
Suvarnabhumi Airport . All passengers from the region must fill
out health check forms in case they want to enter the kingdom.
According to the WHO, the death toll from the deadly Ebola virus in
the region has risen to 672, with Guinea hardest hit. The disease
has already killed some of Liberia ‘s and Sierra Leone ’s top
doctors.
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency, while
Liberia has ordered schools to shut down in a bid to contain the
disease from spreading.
The UN Medical Services Division has
urged medical personnel to exercise extreme caution when visiting the
disease-plagued region.-VNA