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Health Minister Rona Ambrose and Public Health Agency of Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada: "Our government will be taking the additional step of taking targeted temperature screens," she told the House of Commons on Wednesday, though she offered no detail about what that would mean or whether it would be only at airports or all border crossings. What are the limitation of airport screening? Ebola outbreak: What you need to know MAP Track the spread of the deadly virus I Photos, videos, stories , according to CBC. The statement, from the new head of the Public Health Agency of Canada, noted there are no direct flights to Canada from the affected countries in West Africa. Canada will step up border screening to try to prevent an Ebola importation to this country, federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose says. The Canadian Press requested an interview with an official of the Public Health Agency of Canada to get clarification on Canada plans, but one was not granted. However, several hours after Ambrose made her remark in the Commons, the agency issued a press release providing some detail of what increased screening will look like. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.