They were directly examined on August 14 by Deputy Minister NguyenThanh Long and experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the USCentres for Disease Control (USCDC) and the Hanoi Health Department.
The Nigerian students are studying at the FPT University inHanoi . Two of them entered Vietnam on August 8 while the other, onJuly 31.
To prevent the spread of the deadly virusinto the country, the Ministry of Health has worked with otherministries and agencies to closely monitor visitors to Vietnam atborder gates and in the community to detect and quarantine suspectedcases early.
In the northern border province ofLang Son , the local quarantine centre has launched an emergency actionplan against the epidemic with a range of drastic and urgent measuressuch as closely supervising visitors from abroad and increasingexamination of imported vehicles and goods.
Thecentre has installed four temperature scanners at the internationalborder gates of Huu Nghi, Tan Thanh and Coc Nam , said its directorLy Kim Soi.
Ebola is a severe acute viral illnessoften characterized by the sudden onset of fever, intense weakness,muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting,diarrhea, rashes, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases,both internal and external bleeding.
The virus is caught by close contact with an infected person through bodily fluids such as sweat, blood and tissue.
According to the World Health Organisation, Ebola has killed 1,069people in the current outbreak, spreading from southern Guinea toLiberia , Sierra Leone and then Nigeria.-VNA