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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 9 Oct 2014

    UK to begin enhanced screening for Ebola in people travelling from affected countries, government announceshttp://bbc.in/1qpWHfe 

    9:31 AM - 9 Oct 2014
    • 596 Retweets
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    • Lucinda Horsley Zahru mary oyier martins wisdom Brendan cynthia Shelnik Lournay Md.nazrul islam N Edward
    72 replies 596 retweets 338 likes
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        #Ebola: People arriving in UK at Gatwick, Heathrow or on Eurostar will face questions & possible medical testshttp://bbc.in/1rjgeOt 

        65 replies 462 retweets 176 likes
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      1. RC1Stoke‏ @richoclowes 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking forget screening just stop them coming into the country #endof

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      2. Nikki‏ @gllnkk 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking About time! No doubt a supply of the new cure has been stored away for those in gov & society with the most privileges too!?

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. MaryAnn Johanson‏ @maryannjohanson 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Medical security theater MT @BBCBreaking: UK to screen for Ebola in people travelling from affected countries http://bbc.in/1qpWHfe 

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Ken Johanson‏ @GeeksAreMyPeeps 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @maryannjohanson

        @maryannjohanson @BBCBreaking It's an international theater company. The US is doing it too

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. MaryAnn Johanson‏ @maryannjohanson 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @GeeksAreMyPeeps

        Re Ebola screening RT @GeeksAreMyPeeps: @maryannjohanson @BBCBreaking It’s an international theater company. The US is doing it too

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Daniel Gowans‏ @danielgowans14 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: UK hit by Ebola, hundreds dead within hours of its arrival" AHHHHH

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      1. Kev-I-N Batty‏ @oldfaithful2013 10 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking why don't we just have a mass culling like we do with foot and mouth kill the root of the problem simples

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      1. Renna‏ @Xennia79 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking shouldn't be travelling in the first place. Germs are then on the planes, and then it spreads around the world.

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      1. 27,000‏ @TrevorSTFC 10 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking just lock down Africa completely.

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      1. Guy Cooper‏ @pilgrim748 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking What about people who have travelled via 3rd party countries? Listen carefully and you can hear the stable door closing.

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      1. Haron Kagon‏ @Lngway2neverlnd 9 Oct 2014
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        @BBCBreaking About time.....

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      2. Rob Pearce‏ @Rob1757 9 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking about time. How about we also stop bringing infected people here.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Owen Corris‏ @OwenCorris 10 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld @toni_quirkk 😄😄

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      4. Owen Corris‏ @OwenCorris 10 Oct 2014
        Replying to @toni_quirkk

        @toni_quirkk @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld ahahah, don't worry about it 😬😬

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