Three International Travellers in Durg Under Home Isolation; No Ebola Symptoms Detected
Raipur
As a precautionary measure against the Ebola Virus, health authorities in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district have placed three international travellers under home isolation. Officials confirmed on Thursday that all three travellers are currently asymptomatic and in good health.
According to the district administration, one traveller arrived in Durg from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) on May 31, while two others reached Bhilai on June 2—one from Ethiopia and the other from Uganda. Since none of them has shown any symptoms of Ebola or reported contact with an infected person, they have been advised to remain in home isolation for 21 days.
Officials said the travellers are being monitored through twice-daily telephonic follow-ups, conducted every morning and evening. Their health status is being assessed regularly, and they have been instructed to immediately contact the Health Department, tracing teams, district control room, or the Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), Durg, if they develop any symptoms.
The district’s Rapid Response Team (RRT), comprising officials from surveillance, immunisation, malaria control, and epidemiology, is overseeing the monitoring process.
Health authorities explained that Ebola is a serious viral disease that can cause symptoms such as fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, joint pain, severe fatigue, headache, and acute watery diarrhoea. The virus spreads through direct contact with an infected person or their bodily fluids, and diagnosis is primarily conducted through RT-PCR testing.
As part of preventive measures, all international travellers arriving from Ebola-affected countries, particularly in Africa, are undergoing clinical screening at airports and are categorised according to their risk levels. Those requiring observation are placed under a 21-day surveillance period with regular health monitoring and guidance.
Officials reiterated that the three travellers currently under observation in Durg have shown no symptoms and have no known exposure history. They are therefore being kept under self-monitoring and home isolation purely as a precautionary public health measure.
