CEAC calls for Ministry of Health to be cautious
Monday 20th January 2020
“CEAC calls for Ministry of Health to be cautious of mystery viral pneumonia spreading from China.”
CEAC calls for
Ministry of Health to be “cautious” of mystery viral
pneumonia spreading from China, of a new ‘coronavirus’
that's in the same family as SARS, MERS and the common cold,
health officials said Friday; - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/407631/new-wuhan-virus-cases-emerge-in-china-but-no-plans-for-screening-at-new-zealand-airports-yet
(1) https://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-airports-screen-passengers-chinese-city-virus/story?id=68358416
Since the US (CDC) “Center for Disease Control”
has just placed Three airports in the United States under
screening for this new global virus.
According to the CDC they will screen passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of an outbreak of a new coronavirus that's in the same family as SARS, MERS and the common cold, health officials said Friday.
Quote; (1)
US authorities
have said they would start screening at three airports to
detect travellers arriving via direct or connecting flights
from Wuhan who may have symptoms of the new
virus.
In Asia, authorities in Singapore, South
Korea, Taiwan and Thailand have stepped up monitoring of
passengers from Wuhan at airports. Indonesia, Malaysia and
the Philippines say they have strengthened screening at all
points of entry in response to the outbreak, as
well.
Japan screens all incoming travellers for
high temperatures and started displaying notices at airports
around the country asking passengers to come forward if they
have travelled to Wuhan and have become sick.
A report published by the London Imperial
College's MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis
asserted there are likely "substantially more cases" of the
new coronavirus than the 45 currently announced by Wuhan
authorities.
A summary of the report on the
centre's website says its baseline scenario estimates that
there would be 1723 cases showing onset of related symptoms
by 12 January. The full report was not available,
however.
Unquote;
• NZ is a large transit point for Chinese visitors and
immigrants,
• So we are already effectively in harm’s
way.
• So we support the Otago University Health
Department calling for NZ Ministry of Health to be wary of
danger to the new virus that could threaten the health of NZ
citizens as stated I n the report below.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/407631/new-wuhan-virus-cases-emerge-in-china-but-no-plans-for-screening-at-new-zealand-airports-yet
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