Hong Kong has intensified health checks for arriving passengers from Africa due to the Ebola outbreak declared a global health emergency by the WHO. Authorities are also bolstering public awareness campaigns.

Hong Kong has stepped up health screenings for air passengers arriving from Africa as part of a contingency plan to guard against Ebola, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an outbreak of the deadly infectious disease on the continent a “public health emergency of international concern”. Local health authorities also said on Sunday that they would strengthen public awareness and education, while stressing that the “immediate health impact of Ebola disease on the local population.....