China to quarantine Ebola doctors returning from West Africa
China will quarantine medical staff who work with Ebola patients in West Africa for 21 days after they return from duty, a senior health official said Monday. Doctors returning to China will be subjected to a battery of tests before they enter the observation period, said He Qinghua, deputy director of the Ministry of Health's Bureau for Disease Control and Prevention. "As these doctors are responsible for the testing of the virus, on their return to China they will be put under a 21 day quarantine period to be supervised by local community service centres," He said at a press briefing. Any Chinese medical staff who developed symptoms would be immediately sent to a designated hospital, he added.
