Health Ministry issues advisory against travel to Liberia, Sierra Leone and New Guinea. Pilgrims arriving from different countries are being monitored for the Ebola virus at the airports.This was stated by a senior official from the Ministry of Health. \r\n\"We are checking pilgrims coming on airlines from West and Central Africa, and also from other countries, since pilgrims could have been on transit in the endemic countries and can potentially be carriers of the virus,\" said Sami Badawood, director general of the Directorate of Health Affairs in Jeddah as quoted by Arab News. |
