Airports and Air-travel

The Zika situation report of 05 May 2016 has been posted at the WHO Zika virus web site at URL: http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/en/

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that Disease Outbreak News have been posted at WHO Website
(http://www.who.int/en/)  for the following public health events:
•    Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China http://www.who.int/csr/don/3-may-2016-ah7n9-china/en/

WHO Ad-hoc Advisory Group on aircraft disinsection for controlling the international spread of vector-borne diseases, Geneva, Switzerland, 21 to 22 April 2016 - Meeting report has been published on WHO website
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/WHO_HSE_GCR_2016_12/en/

Handbook for Vector surveillance and control at ports, airports and ground crossings has been published
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/9789241549592_eng/en/

The second edition of the European Manual for Hygiene Standards and Communicable Disease Surveillance on Passenger Ships is now complete and an electronic copy is available for download from the following link:
http://www.shipsan.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=qKzXdLZpIz0%3d&tabid=146&portalid=0&mid=64

List of Authorized ports to issue Ship Sanitation Certificates has been updated for Brazil, Spain, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. You will find the new published list of authorized ports here:

http://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/portslanding/en/

The second meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders in some areas affected by Zika virus was held by teleconference on 8 March 2016, from 13:00 to 16:45 Central European Time. You may find the statement at http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/2nd-emergency-committee-zika/en/.