CMAAO warns Asian citizens travelling China over mystery
pneumonia outbreak
Dr KK Aggarwal
President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
8th Jan: Asians
travelling in China should avoid animals and contact with sick people as the
country grapples with a mystery pneumonia outbreak, the CMMAO, confederation of
Medical Associations of Asia and Oceania warned.
The viral illness was first reported last week in Wuhan, a
central Chinese city with a population of over 11 million, and has since grown
to at least 59 cases, said Dr KLK Aggarwal President CMAAO.
Though the Chinese health officials have ruled out a
resurgence of the highly contagious SARS virus, which killed hundreds more than
a decade ago, one should be aware and
practice usual precautions and seek medical care "right away" if they
felt sick after travelling to Wuhan.
The outbreak of pneumonia comes just a few weeks before
China's busiest travel season of the year, when millions of people take buses,
trains and planes for Lunar New Year.
On Monday, Taiwan's centre for disease control also advised
residents planning to travel to or near Wuhan to wear masks and avoid contact
with wild animals.
In Hong Kong, authorities say 30 people have been
hospitalised after returning from Wuhan in recent days and displaying flu-like
illnesses, but none were confirmed to have contracted the mystery new strain.
All are being treated in quarantine and no obvious evidence
of human-to-human transmission has been found so far, it said Sunday.
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