History of anti-fever
medicine to be added in airport advisory to prevent corona virus transmission
Shri Narendra Modi ji
Prime Minister of
India
Dear sir
The following advisory is
being issued at the airports for all travellers who have travelled China in the
past 14 days
The advisory needs a
change and need to add that all those Travellers who have taken Paracetamol or
any fever medicine in the last 8 days should also report to the airport health
officer.
thermal screening
at the airport can fever patient has taken Paracetamol in the recent past
The current advisory
“For all Travellers
who have visited China particularly, through Wuhan City, Hubei Province of
China during past 14 days and are having one or more of the following symptoms:
acute onset of fever, cough , shortness of breath should report to airport
health unit. For other travellers (those without any symptoms) Travellers who
have visited the affected city and do not have any symptoms on arrival but
develop above-mentioned symptoms within 28 days of arrival in India should
visit nearest hospital and report to the state / district health authorities
and concerned airport health officer.”
With Kind Regards
Recipient of four National Awards (Padma Shri, Vishwa
Hindi Samman, Dr B C Roy National Award and National Science Communication
Award)
President Confederation of Medical Associations of
Asia and Oceania
President Heart Care Foundation of India
Chairman HCFI Round Table on Health & wellness,
Building Consensus
Past National
President and Past Honorary Secretary General, Indian Medical Association
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