China holds Ebola drills

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Medical workers in Beijing learn how to handle patients with Ebola.

The simulations are part of efforts to make sure the deadly disease doesn't spread in the world's most populous country.

Thousands of African traders pass through Guangzhou each month, many of them from Ebola-affected areas.

The government says extra precautions are being taken at airports around the country but hasn't banned any travel.

(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, LIN SONGTIAN, SAYING:

"(The measures we're) taking are to check your body temperature, you need fill out a registration form, you need to leave your phone number. Supposing (we) discover there was a sufferer on the plane, then we can find you and bring you back using this. These measures are the same as those used worldwide, now many countries are using them. But the Chinese gove