UK Universities To Screen Nigerian Students For Ebola Virus Before Admission

[Shola Sholaz]

Universities in the United Kingdom are set to screen Nigerian students admitted into their campuses for the Ebola Virus Disease.
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According to The Independent on Sunday, the alert by Universities UK, the umbrella body that represents vice-chancellors, was issued because the universities are expecting new students to arrive from West Africa.
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While the three countries which have seen the largest number of Ebola cases: Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have hardly any students enrolling at UK universities, Nigeria which has also had confirmed cases is the fourth largest supplier of international students to UK universities.
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A spokesman for the UK body said, "The issue is very much on universities' radars. We circulated to universities the publicly available guidance on the topic."
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The guidance makes it clear that any student suspected of having Ebola should immediately be isolated in a side room away from any member of staff or student contact.