The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection
and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) of China has recently released a notice
warning against the possible entry of cholera patients from
Vietnam.
The notice requested passengers arriving from Vietnam, where a
cholera epidemic has infected about 1,000 people since the
beginning of October, to report any symptoms of vomiting and
diarrhea immediately to quarantine officials after entering
China.
Entry-exit quarantine departments, especially those bordering
Vietnam, should step up checks on the health and body temperatures
of those arriving in China and offer treatment to carriers or
suspected carriers of the disease, said the notice.
All vehicles, cargo, containers, luggage and parcels from
Vietnam should undergo strict quarantine and disinfection
treatment, it said.
The notice also reminded domestic passengers traveling to
Vietnam to ascertain the epidemic situation there first and avoid
contaminated shrimp sauce, uncooked vegetables and seafood, or
other possibly contaminated food and drinks in cholera-infected
areas.
(Xinhua News Agency November 14, 2007)