1.Having started up the internet information system
for the mechanism of risk alert and quick response on health
quarantine to keep a close eye on, collect and notify the
latest epidemic information home and abroad.
2.General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ),
collaborating with the Ministry of Health of P. R. China,
has promulgated notification on SARS control, and has
strengthened the on-site medical observations and quarantine
on entry-exit persons, ever since the WHOs global SARS
warnings on March 15.
3.Counter Procedures for
the Detection and Control of SARS at Ports of
Entry-exit has been worked out and promulgated,
stipulating concisely, clearly and strictly different
aspects of SARS control ranging from the report of SARS
cases, self-protection of on-site working staff, health
quarantine at entry-exit ports, emergency treatment measures
at ports, clinical diagnosis standards, to physical
examination and travel healthcare.
4.Authorities of
inspection and quarantine at border and entry-exit ports
have set up a unified emergency leadership mechanism,
strengthening the detection and prevention of SARS in an
all-around manner and strictly preventing the entry and exit
of the disease.
5.All entry-exit persons have to fill
out the Health Deceleration Form, samples of
which are attached as Attachments 1 and 2. The Health
Deceleration Form includes the following information: the
name, nationality, passport number, body temperature and
symptoms of the traveler, the information of the conveyance
that the traveler boards, the countries or regions the
traveler has been to in the last two weeks, and the
travelers address and telephone number after the entry
or exit of borders.
6.Infrared temperature detectors
have been equipped in all entry-exit routes, checking the
body temperature of each and every entry-exit traveler,
those with body temperature exceeding 37.5 centigrade shall
be sent to local hospital for further examination.
7.Having strengthened entry-exit health
quarantine, stopping those entry-exit persons with suspected
SARS symptoms from further traveling and sending them to
local designated hospitals for diagnosis and
treatment.
8.The AQSIQ affiliated International Travel
Healthcare Centers across the country conduct health
examination for all exit persons and issue the according
health certificate as requested by some countries that
persons exiting China shall present Health Certificate of
not having SARS.
9.Having improved the
hygiene disinfection and supervision of entry-exit ports and
conveyances including airplanes, trains, automobiles and
ships etc. to ensure the hygiene and safety of the ports.
10. Having widely publicized health knowledge on SARS
prevention and control. Distribute instructive materials on
SARS prevention and control as well as the Entry-Exit Health
Advisory to all entry-exit travelers, and meanwhile,
publicize relevant knowledge through electronic bulletin
board, large screens, brochures and posters at the
entry-exit channels.
11.Meanwhile, departments other
than AQSIQ have taken the following cooperative measures:
1)General Administration of
Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) affiliated units have been
checking the body temperature of each and every entry-exit
traveler, stopping those with abnormally high body
temperature from boarding airplanes.
2)Departments responsible for entry-exit
management have been keeping alert when processing the
procedures of customs clearance for entry-exit persons. They
may refuse, in accordance with the relevant regulations, the
entry-exit application of those who do not cooperate with
health quarantine measures.
3)Customs, according to relevant regulations, have
been granting facilitation in clearing customs for the
importation of medicines, reagents and medical equipments
for SARS treatment, and for the entry of foreign medical
experts, scholars, officials as well as medicines and
apparatus they bring.