Despite low risk of Ebola, Hong Kong is vigilant and prepared
City never had Ebola and has no direct flights to affected cities. Still, traveller screenings are stepped up and the quarantine bay readied
Early detection of deadly viruses is difficult in regions where malaria, typhoid and other illnesses associated with fever are common, and health systems are stretched thin.
The direct threat of an outbreak in Hong Kong remains low, but the authorities are still applying the lessons of previous pandemics and epidemics.
The city has never had a case of Ebola, which has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the last half-century, and there are no direct flights between Hong Kong and the DR Congo or Uganda, which has reported at least two cases.
That said, there are frequent business exchanges between some mainland Chinese cities and central Africa.