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China’s health authorities beef up measures against imported malaria cases
By Global TimesPublished: Aug 25, 2022 02:56 PM
Students hold placards during an event to mark the World Malaria Day at a government hospital on the outskirts of Amritsar, India on April 25, 2022. Malaria remains a deadly disease around the world, primarily affecting children below the age of 5. In Southeast Asia, India is bearing the brunt, accounting for 80 percent of the region's malaria burden, local media said. Photo: AFP
Inbound travelers who have fever and those who return from malaria-prevalent countries and regions should undergo malaria tests, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Thursday as the China's health authorities vowed to strengthen the monitoring of imported malaria cases.
In a notice released on Thursday, the NHC said South China's Guangdong, Southwest China's Yunnan and East China's Zhejiang provinces have reported cases of malaria among inbound travelers and the risk of outbreak and re-transmission of malaria has mounted up.
To continue consolidating the defense line against malaria, local governments, ports of entry and quarantine venues should strengthen surveillance and screening of the mosquito-borne disease, the NHC said. In detailed measures, the NHC said those who have fever and those who are back from malaria-prevalent countries and regions should undergo malaria tests.
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China’s health authorities beef up measures against imported malaria cases
By Global TimesPublished: Aug 25, 2022 02:56 PM
Students hold placards during an event to mark the World Malaria Day at a government hospital on the outskirts of Amritsar, India on April 25, 2022. Malaria remains a deadly disease around the world, primarily affecting children below the age of 5. In Southeast Asia, India is bearing the brunt, accounting for 80 percent of the region's malaria burden, local media said. Photo: AFP
Inbound travelers who have fever and those who return from malaria-prevalent countries and regions should undergo malaria tests, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Thursday as the China's health authorities vowed to strengthen the monitoring of imported malaria cases.
In a notice released on Thursday, the NHC said South China's Guangdong, Southwest China's Yunnan and East China's Zhejiang provinces have reported cases of malaria among inbound travelers and the risk of outbreak and re-transmission of malaria has mounted up.
To continue consolidating the defense line against malaria, local governments, ports of entry and quarantine venues should strengthen surveillance and screening of the mosquito-borne disease, the NHC said. In detailed measures, the NHC said those who have fever and those who are back from malaria-prevalent countries and regions should undergo malaria tests.
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