As part of fighting any possible outbreak of Ebola virus in Bangladesh, the health ministry is considering the procurement of two thermal imaging scanners for Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka.
Health Secretary M M Niazuddin told the Dhaka Tribune on Tuesday evening.
These machines can detect raised temperatures in passengers arriving from abroad at the international airport.
Despite the exponential rise of the Ebola threat worldwide, Bangladesh is still at a low risk of facing an outbreak, authorities concerned have claimed.
However, the situation might be of great concern if any Ebola patient was found in neighbouring India, said Dr Mahmudur Rahman, director of Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Bangladesh government has so far claimed that the country has adequate safeguards in place to prevent a local outbreak of the deadly disease, which is currently killing between 50% and 60% of people infected in west Africa.
