The Centers for disease Control & Prevention on saturday commenced distributing cards at airfields receiving flights returning at once from hong kong caution travelers returning to the US from hong kong & Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China & Hanoi, Vietnam that they might have been exposed to cases of harsh acute respiratory syndrome .

The cards are being distributed by quarantine officials at Chicago, O’Hare world airport ; L.  A.  ; old York city, JFK world airfield ; Newark ; & San Francisco.  These airports are the only U.S.  Airfields receiving direct flights from HK.  No U.S.  Airfields receive direct flights from Hanoi or the Guangdong Province.  CDC officials expect to expand the distribution of cards to anchorage, Alaska & the territory of Guam later today.

The cards also offer guidance engineered to aid physicians in making a diagnosis by advising travelers to inform their physicians about recent travel to the influenced regions, & whether they have been in contact with people who displayed symptoms of SARS.

The travel cards warn those returning from the three areas that they should monitor their health for no less than three days.  They are also advised to contact their doctors if they become unwell with a fever accompanied by a cough or difficulty in breathing.

The CDC recommends doctors & other clinicians to be alert for travelers who:

As of March 15, 2003, the CDC had received reports of SARS cases in hong kong & Guangdong Province, people’s republic of China ; Hanoi, Vietnam & Canada, Singapore & Thailand.  For that reason the World Health Organization has issued emergency steering for travelers & airlines so that persons displaying signs of the sickness can receive immediate health care & can be brought to the attention of public health authorities.  These individuals are also advised against travelling while ill.

Have a fever of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher ;

one or more signs of respiration illness including cough, trouble breathing, trouble in breathing, hypoxia ( deficiency in the quantity of oxygen reaching tissues of the body ), X-rays indicating the presence of pneumonia, or respiratory trouble ; &

one or more of the following:

History of travel to HK or Guangdong Province, people’s republic of China, or Hanoi, Vietnam inside 3 days of symptom onset ;

Close contact with persons with breathing illness having the described travel history.  Close contact includes having cared for, lived with, or had direct contact with breathing secretions & body liquids of someone with SARS. 

Additionally, airlines should:

Alert the destination airfield of any passengers meeting the case definition factors ;

Arriving passengers who are symptomatic should be referred to health authorities for assessment & care ;

The passengers & crew should provide all contact info for how passengers can be reached for the successive 14 days to airport health authorities. 

Aircraft passengers & crew should be informed of the person’s standing as a suspect case of SARS [*SCO].

Do you enjoy reading this? If yes, you may also visit famouswonders.com to read more about some of the best places to visit in the world and have a look at San Francisco Bay facts.

Other articles you might like;

• Twitted by thetipscorp
• Twitted by thetipscorp
• Twitted by thetipscorp