2013 04 05
Voice of China "CNR News" reported, emergency deployment to guard against the H7N9 avian flu, temperature screening of immigrants, in particular, to remind tourists from Shanghai and Anhui, as the body feels uncomfortable with government officials as soon as possible.
Currently, Hong Kong Border Crossing traffic is normal, not anything unusual. Immigration control points as early as a decade ago, has been installed infrared detection machines to detect body temperature of each entry of Hong Kong people, if unusual, for review upon request.
The SAR government said that if the epidemic has changed, the SAR government does not rule out all incoming passengers will be asked to complete a health declaration form. The Hong Kong government to remind travelers from Shanghai and Anhui to return to Hong Kong, such as respiratory symptoms should wear a mask and seek medical attention, and to the medical report its external travel history. Health care workers should pay special attention to these two places may have been in contact with birds or poultry consultations travelers.
Mainland of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza, the urgent deployment of the relevant departments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
Ko Wing-man, the Secretary of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said yesterday that the most important is the good pass at the border, whether it is inbound travelers or the import of live poultry. In addition the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has sent a letter to all schools, reminding them of the child's personal and environmental hygiene. In terms of imports of live chickens in Hong Kong has been comprehensively strengthen monitoring It is understood that for live chickens in Hong Kong, mostly from the Pearl River Delta region, all registered for the Hong Kong chicken farm, if any for registered farms within 13 kilometers near epidemic will stop imports from that place. The HKSAR government will also step up spot checks, including imported chickens, local farms, wholesale and retail markets and the sale of birds. http://www.chinanews.com/jk/2013/04-05/4704555.shtml
