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Ebola screening at UK airports ruled out by Osborne Ebola screening for UK arrivals ruled out for now - Osborne
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George Osborne has rejected calls to screen arrivals to the UK for Ebola. George Osborne has ruled out screening for Ebola in the UK but says that could change depending on medical advice.
The chancellor said the government would do nothing that "puts the British population at risk" and that it would take action if the medical advice supported screening. Medical experts have questioned the effectiveness of screening after a Commons select committee chairman urged tests at British transport hubs.
Home Affairs Select Committee chairman Keith Vaz had urged tests at airports, train stations and ferry ports. The chancellor said the government would do nothing that "puts the British population at risk".
Earlier this week, a Spanish nurse became the first person to contract the deadly virus outside of West Africa. Earlier this week a Spanish nurse became the first person to contract the deadly virus outside of West Africa.
The outbreak has already killed more than 3,000 people and infected more than 7,200 - mostly in that region.
Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, urged the UK to look to the US, which is screening at some airports.
Labour MP Mr Vaz said: "Our immediate response should be to tighten regulation and introduce measures such as screenings at airports, train stations and ferry ports to ensure that this deadly disease cannot take more lives."
'Better protection'
But the chancellor said there were already controls at the UK's airports, telling BBC News: "If the medical advice is we need to screen, and it might well be, then we will absolutely take that action.
"We're not going to do anything that puts the British population at risk, indeed quite the opposite.
"The steps we've taken over several months now have all been designed to better protect Britain from this awful disease."
Chairman of Public Health England Prof David Heymann said similar attempts to combat the life-threatening Sars virus in 2003 had been ineffective.
"Very few people were actually found who were infected," he added.
"In fact, there's no record of anybody in most countries having been shown to be infected with Sars when they crossed the border."