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| Ebola screening begins at Heathrow airport | Ebola screening begins at Heathrow airport |
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| Passengers arriving at Heathrow airport from Ebola-affected countries have been screened by health officials. | |
| The government said "a few passengers" had their temperatures checked and filled in a health questionnaire at Terminal 1 on Tuesday. | |
| Screening will be extended to Heathrow's other terminals by the end of the week, and Gatwick airport and Eurostar next week. | |
| The measure is set to cost £9m over the next six months. | The measure is set to cost £9m over the next six months. |
| The UK and the US have both introduced screening measures in response to the threat from Ebola, which has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. | |
| The first flight subjected to the screening left Liberia for Brussels on Monday night, with transfers coming into Heathrow at 09.30 BST on Tuesday. | |
| High-risk passengers were flagged up to border control and passed on to health workers from Public Health England who then carried out the actual screening. | |
| The Department of Health estimates that 85% of all arrivals to the UK from affected countries will come through Heathrow. | |
| There are no direct flights to the UK from the three worst-affected countries - Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea. |