27 August 2014
EBOLA concern
UNIVERSITIES across South Wales are among those who have been put on alert ahead of the new semester, amid fears if an Ebola outbreak among students.
Thousands of foreign students are set to move to or return to Wales next month to study including some from the infected region in Africa.
Ahead of the new semester, the UK Department for Health has warned universities, including Swansea University and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, which has campuses in Swansea and Carmarthen, to be aware of the symptoms of the virus.
The department said medical experts were assessing the situation "to ensure that appropriate care is delivered".
Professor John Watson, deputy chief medical officer, said: "The overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low."
In Wales there are a total of 11 students from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone
But Nigeria, which has had confirmed cases, is the fourth largest supplier of international students to UK universities. In Wales, 845 Nigerian students were enrolled in 2012-13.
A Universities UK spokeswoman said: "Universities take the welfare of all their students and staff very seriously.
"From contact we have had over the past few weeks, we know many are closely monitoring the situation with regard to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and any impact this may have on their institution.
The above report is from E/Post -
What is the Welsh Assembly and our politicians doing about this?Nothing by the look of it, in other words turn a blind eye and it will go away.
Thousands of foreign students are set to move to or return to Wales next month to study including some from the infected region in Africa.
Ahead of the new semester, the UK Department for Health has warned universities, including Swansea University and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, which has campuses in Swansea and Carmarthen, to be aware of the symptoms of the virus.
The department said medical experts were assessing the situation "to ensure that appropriate care is delivered".
Professor John Watson, deputy chief medical officer, said: "The overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low."
In Wales there are a total of 11 students from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone
But Nigeria, which has had confirmed cases, is the fourth largest supplier of international students to UK universities. In Wales, 845 Nigerian students were enrolled in 2012-13.
A Universities UK spokeswoman said: "Universities take the welfare of all their students and staff very seriously.
"From contact we have had over the past few weeks, we know many are closely monitoring the situation with regard to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and any impact this may have on their institution.
The above report is from E/Post -
What is the Welsh Assembly and our politicians doing about this?Nothing by the look of it, in other words turn a blind eye and it will go away.
Posted by Mike Davies on 25 August 2014
