Ports and Shipping

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:

Dear colleagues,

Due to the high prevalence of influenza this year in Australia, airlines would deny access onboard to passengers displaying flu signs unless a medical clearance is provided. Here is the link:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7051723/Australians-warned-not-able-FLY-flu-symptoms.html

Dr Mohamed Moussif

Chief Medical Officer at Casablanca International Airport

Morocco

The latest issue of the WHO authorised ports list was published on 6 May 2019 which can be found at https://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/portslanding/en/ 

Dear colleagues,

After being under quarantine since Tuesday over a case of measles onboard, the cruise liner "Freewinds" has left, today, the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.

In fact, The international makeup of the population aboard cruise ships combined with their semi‐enclosed environment has the potential to facilitate introduction and spread of vaccine preventable diseases such as measles, rubella, and varicella onboard and into communities. 

Dear colleagues,

WHO, the Ministry of Health of the DRC and the Uganda Red Cross Society have agreed to conduct joint travelers screening at 25 high risk ground crossings shared by the DRC and Uganda:

https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-and-uganda-red-cross-society-sign-agreement-strengthen-ebola-screening-points-entry

Dear Colleagues,

The latest issue of the Authorised Ports List for the issuance of Ship Sanitation Certificates was published on 5 April 2019.

It can be found at https://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/portslanding/en/ 

Best Regards,

Martin Walker,

Facilitator, Ports and Shipping Group

A live webinar titled “Issues on disinfection and disinsection on aircrafts” will be organised within the framework of EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS joint action. Please find below the registration information below, your participation is welcomed.

Webinar Series: Preparedness at Points Of Entry

Upcoming Webinar:

Issues on disinfection and disinsection on aircrafts.

Dear Colleagues,

In my ongoing quest for additional training material, I wonder if any of you can assist with providing me with any of the following:

1 Copies of entries/formats of Ships Engineers log books

2 Crew/Officer Mess Room photographs (either clean or not so clean)

3 Copies of garbage receipts from various ports