Ebola: Corpse flown from Egypt denied entry at Kano airport

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="itemHeader"> <div class="itemTitle" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ebola: Corpse flown from Egypt denied entry at Kano airport</span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="5 Unbelievably Giant Airplanes" border="0" src="http://i.nster.net/04/91/049129_250x250.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" title="5 Unbelievably Giant Airplanes" /></span></div> </div> <div class="item-info" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />Aviation authorities, on Wednesday night, turned back a corpse flown into the country from Egypt, at  the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="itemDateCreated" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px;"><span class="icon-calendar-empty" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; display: inline; height: auto; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"></span> </span></span></div> <div class="itemBody" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="itemFullText"> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Airport officials disallowed the family of the deceased from collecting the body flown in aboard Egypt Air at about 11.30 p.m.</span></div> <center style="height: 0px; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"> <div style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left;"> </div> <div id="ebzNative"> </div> </center> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Airport sources confided in newmen that the stand was in compliance with the directives of the Federal Government that banned the transportation of corpses within and outside the country.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The source explained that “though Egypt is not among the countries with the Ebola outbreak, it is better to take precautionary measures by not entertaining any exception in the movement of corpses in the country.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The source revealed that the corpse is that of a Nigerian who had gone to the Egypt for medical treatment.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When contacted,  aviation spokesman, Alhaji Yakubu Datti, declined comment, advising, however, to contact the Federal Ministry of Health.</span></div> </div> <div class="clr" style="border: none; clear: both; float: none; height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div class="itemContentFooter" style="border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 16px 0px 4px; padding: 4px; text-align: left;"> </div> </div> </div>

Ebola: Corpse flown from Egypt denied entry at Kano airport

Ebola: Corpse flown from Egypt denied entry at Kano airport Aviation authorities, on Wednesday night, turned back a corpse flown int...

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