The Union Government informed the Bombay High Court today that it has provided thermal image scanners at Nagpur and Pune airports to screen passengers from African countries for possible Ebola infection.

Scanners were shifted from Hyderabad and Goa airports to Nagpur and Pune airports, counsel for the Central Government Rui Rodrigues told a Bombay High Court bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka. These scanners would be functional within a week, the
government said, after which the Court asked the Centre to file a compliance report on October 1.