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Heathrow airport screening for Ebola has been extended to Terminals 2 and 5.
Passengers arriving at Terminal 1 from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea began facing enhanced screening and medical checks on Tuesday.
The guidelines, under which people will be questioned about travel arrangements and recent contacts, have now been extended by Public Health England, the Telegraph reported.
Enhanced screening is also set to be implemented at Gatwick and Eurostar terminals.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt last week said that 89% of people travelling to Britain from the affected region would be checked, but admitted one in 10 taking indirect routes would slip through screening.
He told MPs it was “likely” that Ebola will be seen in the UK and a “handful” of cases could be confirmed in the next three months.