Recently, many countries around the world have reported monkeypox cases one after another. The General Administration of Customs has made arrangements for the health and quarantine work at customs ports across the country, and continues to do a good job of "multi-disease prevention" to prevent the superposition of epidemics.
Epidemic situation
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report on May 24, since the first monkeypox case was detected on May 7, 131 confirmed cases and 106 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in 19 countries and regions around the world. The World Health Organization expects that the impact of the outbreak may expand, and cases may appear in other countries than the countries reporting the cases.
customs quarantine
The General Administration of Customs organized experts to conduct risk assessments in a timely manner, issued epidemic warning notices, and deployed customs across the country to strengthen entry health and quarantine work at ports: strictly implement various health and quarantine measures such as health declarations, temperature monitoring, medical inspections, and sampling tests for inbound personnel; Carrying out quarantine and rodent quarantine; making solid preparations for laboratory biosafety management and testing; continuing to strengthen communication with airlines and port health education; at the same time, strengthening multi-departmental joint prevention and control to strictly prevent the risk of imported epidemics .
Disease characteristics
The incubation period for monkeypox is usually 6-13 days, with a range of 5-21 days. Initial symptoms of monkeypox include fever, chills and/or sweating, headache, muscle aches, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes, which can progress to a widespread rash on the face and body. Monkeypox is mainly contracted through the bite of an infected animal, or direct contact with the blood, body fluids, or monkeypox lesions of an infected animal, and is usually transmitted from animals to humans, but available information indicates that monkeypox virus is associated with Human-to-human transmission has occurred in people who have close contact with symptomatic patients, such as through direct contact with infected body fluids or virus-contaminated items, or through direct, prolonged face-to-face contact through a large number of toxic respiratory droplets.
Health Tips
Customs reminds that entry and exit personnel should improve risk awareness, reduce virus exposure, and reduce the risk of infection: in monkeypox virus-endemic areas, avoid any contact with rodents and primates, avoid direct contact with animal blood and meat, and thoroughly before eating. Cooked; avoid close contact with monkeypox infected persons and contaminated items; wash hands promptly and correctly; wear medical masks in crowded places.
Entry and exit passengers should cooperate with port health and quarantine work
On the way of entry and exit, if you have symptoms of discomfort, you should promptly and truthfully inform the transport crew, and cooperate in self-protection. Inbound and outbound passengers who have symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, swollen lymph nodes, and extensive rash should declare to the customs in time, so as to obtain quarantine inspection and follow-up diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.
(Original title General Administration of Customs: Strictly prevent monkeypox)