China Beefs up Quarantine Measures Against SARS

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, April 15, 2003

China Beefs up Quarantine Measures Against SARS

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China will intensify entry-exit inspection and quarantine measures to guard against the international spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the General Administration of Quality Supervision and Quarantine (GAQSQ) has declared.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2,781 cases of SARS and 111 deaths had been reported in 19 countries and regions by Apr. 10, including Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Ireland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Britain, the United States and Vietnam.

The GAQSQ declaration noted that travelers should report to the quarantine authorities if they were ill with high fever and respiratory symptoms, such as coughing and difficulty in breathing, and have had close contact with SARS patients or been to areas where SARS had been found in the past two weeks.

Quarantine departments shall take immediate control measures in dealing with the suspect and probable cases.

If travelers are found to be suffering the symptoms after entry, they shall seek local medical help and specify their recent journeys. If travelers are found ill with the above symptoms before departure, they will be advised to suspend their journey soas to receive prompt diagnostic tests and treatment.

Once suspect and probable cases are found in a vehicle, the vehicle staff shall inform destination quarantine authorities immediately, so that the suspect patients can be sent to designated hospitals in time. Quarantine workers shall provide health advisories to other travelers and staff in the vehicle and disinfect the vehicle. In special cases, travelers with close contact with the suspect patients shall be detained in hospitals for further medical observation.

Quarantine workers shall intensify quarantine and hygiene observation in the ports, provide medical consultations, and report any suspect case in time and take essential control measures.

Meanwhile, the declaration requires entry travelers to report their specific addresses and telephone numbers during their travel in China. Once a suspect case is found, all the other travelers in the same vehicle shall provide their identification, specific journey details in China in 14 days and contact details, the declaration says.

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