With the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) alarming the whole world, the Maharashtra state government had asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last week to request airport authorities to install more screening machines at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and carry out accurate tests on passengers.

At a meeting of top government officials last week, the chief secretary asked the BMC to write to the airport authorities about the same, after the media reported the deaths of Ebola-stricken patients in foreign countries.