Mexico City Airport Prepares to Deal with Ebola Virus Jagran Post
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A health worker takes a passenger's temperature with an infrared digital laser thermometer at the Felix Houphouet Boigny international airport in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (Reuters)

LISTEN: 'Shadow' And 'D-12' Sing An Infectious Song About Ebola: It's said to be the first song about Ebola, written by two up-and-coming Liberian music producers. The message: "Ebola is very wicked. it can kill you quick quick." See lyrics below and read full story on NPR.org

MEXICO CITY - The Mexico City International Airport is ready to deal with any possible cases of Ebola, a disease that is spreading through West Africa, aviation officials said.

Posters informing travelers about the disease and the measures to take to avoid spreading it are being put up around the airport.

The airport "is fully complying with the regulations established by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regarding the outbreak", airport management said in a statement.

The facility is ready to operate under the Airport Security Plan if officials suspect a traveller is infected with the disease, general manager Alfonso Sarabia de la Garza said.

"We are prepared for the early detection of suspicious cases so we can take the necessary corrective actions, but the health ministry has confirmed that the virus is not present in Mexico at this time," Sarabia de la Garza said.

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Here are the lyrics for Liberia's first Ebola song:

Something happen
Something in town?
Oh yeah the news?
I said something in town
Ebola
Ebola in town
Don't touch your friend!
No touching?
No eating something?
It's dangerous!
Ebola
Ebola in town?
Don't touch your friend!
No kissing!
No eating something
It's dangerous!

I woke up in the morning
?I started hearing people dem yelling?

"Da what thing happen? What thing happen? Ma peekin' what thing?"
They sit down grab me?
They say something in town
Frisky!?
That thing that in town it quick to kill?
That me scary-o?
E-B-O-L-A
Ebola. Ebola in town.
I started yelling.?
I started running.?
What place I will go?
I go to Guinea.?
I went everywhere.?
Ebola. Ebola there.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm right here.
I'm not going nowhere-o.
I'm right here.
I know the medicine.?
That distant hugging
I said distant shaking
Distant kissing?
Don't touch me!

Something in town-oh?
Something in town-eh

?Ebola.
Ebola in town.
It's dangerous-o.
Ebola is very wicked.
It can kill you quick quick.
Be careful how you shaking hands-o.
Be careful who you touch.?
Ebola is more than HIV/AIDS.

?It can kill you quick quick.
?It can kill you fast fast.?
Don't touch your friend.
Don't touch your friend.
I say it will kill you-o.

My pa Jehovah
Please save us from Ebola?
Nowhere to go?
Nowhere to hide?
And I ain't come in town
My people, ya'll please take time?
Take time before you get that disease
Don't overlook it?
That thing it quick to kill

Na na na na. Ebola - o.
It's dangerous.
Don't take it for joke
My people, I saw it before
It coming too fast?
Be on the safe side, you hear me?
Ebola.

If you like the monkey?
Don't eat the meat
If you like the baboon
I said don't eat the meat
If you like the bat-o
Don't eat the meat
Ebola in town.

NPR.org

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