Nearly 40 people arriving at New Zealand airports have been checked for symptoms of the fatal disese Ebola symptoms since last month, the Ministry of Health says.
People who have visited a West African country affected by the outbreak including Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, in the past three weeks have been screened for symptoms at airports since 10 August.
However, the ministry's director of public health, Darren Hunt, said today no one had caused concern to date.
Dr Hunt said New Zealand's risk of Ebola remains low because of its geographic isolation, and the country was prepared.
"We don't have that much travel to and from those affected countries. The other thing is, of course, is Ebola is not something that is easily transmitted. It's transmitted through body fluids - it's not like the flu or measles that you just catch."
Ebola has killed 2800 hundred people in West Africa to date. The US Center for Disease Control estimates there could be 1.4 million cases in Sierra Leone and Liberia by January if it is not contained.
