Crew and Passenger Health

Hello Colleagues,

Media coverage in the UK of this new Coronavirus seems to have stepped up considerably. Obviously, we await confirmation from the Emergency Committee of WHO as to whether it will be declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) or not and we may hear today about that.

Dear colleagues,

The authorities in Wuhan, central China, said 44 people had been admitted to hospital with an unidentified virus. Eleven of them were in a serious condition, while a further 121 people who had been in close contact with the infected patients had been placed under medical observation. No deaths have been reported.

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said that the origin of the viral pneumonia outbreak remained unknown.

Good Day, 

Happy New Year 2020 to all PoE colleagues. 

A new outbreak is being reported in media.

Hope to hear more from WHO soon on that.

Kind Regards, 

Dr. S. Senthil Nathan, 

Port Health Officer, Chennai (earlier at Kandla Port) 

Dear Colleagues,

Dear colleagues,

At the South Sudanese land borders shared with the DRC and Uganda, IOM staff screened on Ebola exposure and symptoms 24,424 inbound travelers during the week 17-23 June 2019. Here is the link:

https://southsudan.iom.int/media-and-reports/other-reports/ebola-virus-disease-preparedness-update-25-17-%E2%80%93-23-june-2019

Best regards

Dr Mohamed Moussif

Dear colleagues,

The first Ebola case has been detected today in Uganda coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The confirmed case is a five-year-old boy who entered Uganda through a ground crossing between the two countries named Bwera post. The members of the IHR Emergency Committee have been contacted by WHO few hours ago and asked to be on standby.

As you know, the number of total cases in the DRC reached 2062 to date including 1968 confirmed cases and 94 probable cases.

Here is the link: