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Complete Travel GuideCDC Issues Health Alert Notice for Travelers to USA from Hon
by:
Lynn Bode
The Centers for Illness Control and Bar (CDC) on Sabbatum began distributing cards at airports receiving flights returning directly from Hong Kong warning travelers returning to the United States from Hong Kong and Guangdong province Province, People’s Republic of China and Hanoi, Vietnam that they may have been exposed to cases of severe acute metabolism syndrome (SARS).
The cards are being bimanual out by quarantine officials at Chicago, O’Hare International Airport; Los Angeles; New Dynasty City, JFK International Airport; Newark; and San Francisco. These airports are the only U.S. airports receiving direct flights from Hong Kong. No U.S. airports obtain direct flights from Capital of vietnam or the Guangdong province Province. CDC officials expect to expand the distribution of cards to Anchorage, Ak and the territory of Gu later today.
The travel cards warn those returning from the three areas that they should monitor their health for at least seven days. They are besides advised to contact their physicians if they become ill with a fever attended
by a cough or difficulty in breathing.
The cards besides offer guidance designed to assist physicians in devising a diagnosing by advising travelers to tell their physicians just about recent travel to the affected regions, and whether they have been in contact with individuals who displayed symptoms of SARS.
As of March 15, 2003, the CDC had received reports of Severe acute metabolism syndrome cases in Hong Kong and Guangdong province Province, People’s Republic of China; Hanoi, Vietnam and Canada, Singapore and Thailand. For that reason the Earth Health Organization has issued emergency guidance for travelers and airlines so that persons displaying symptoms of the unwellness can obtain immediate health care and can be brought to the attention of public health authorities. These individuals are besides advised against traveling piece ill.
The CDC advises physicians and another clinicians to be alert for travelers who:
Have a fever of 100.4 degrees Gabriel daniel fahrenheit or higher;
One or much symptoms of metabolism unwellness including cough, shortness of breath, difficulty in breathing, drive
(deficiency in the figure of o reaching tissues of the body), X-rays indicating the presence of pneumonia, or metabolism distress; AND
One or much of the following:
History of travel to Hong Kong or Guangdong province Province, People's Republic of China, or Hanoi, Vietnam inside
seven days of symptom onset;
Close contact with persons with metabolism unwellness having the delineated travel history. Close contact includes having cared for, lived with, or had direct contact with metabolism secretions and body fluids of a person with SARS.
Additionally, airlines should:
Alert the destination aerodrome of any passengers meeting the case definition criteria;
Arriving passengers who are symptomatic should be referred to health authorities for assessment and care;
Aircraft passengers and crew should be abreast of of the person’s status as a suspect case of SARS;
The passengers and crew should provide all contact information for how passengers can be reached for the consequent 14 days to aerodrome health authorities.
CDC advises that persons planning elective or nonessential travel to Hong Kong and Guangdong province Province, People’s Republic of China and Hanoi, Vietnam may will to prorogue their trips until further notice. Elaborate information can be found on CDC’s Traveler’s Health Website at http://www.cdc.gov/travel/.
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