US embassy cable - 05TAIPEI4128

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TAIWAN SCREENS CERTAIN AIR PASSENGERS FOR AVIAN FLU

Identifier: 05TAIPEI4128
Wikileaks: View 05TAIPEI4128 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Created: 2005-10-07 23:56:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW WHO
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS TAIPEI 004128 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PLEASE PASS TO AIT/W, EAP/RSP/TC AND OES/IHA 
HHS PLEASE PASS TO ERIKA ELVANDER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AMED, AMGT, CASC, ECON, SENV, SOCI, TBIO, TW, WHO 
SUBJECT: TAIWAN SCREENS CERTAIN AIR PASSENGERS FOR AVIAN FLU 
 
REF: A. STATE 151549 
     B. TAIPEI 58 
 
1.  In response to an alert issued by the World Health 
Organization (WHO), the Taiwan Center for Disease Control 
(TCDC) announced on October 6 new screening requirements for 
Avian Influenza.  Beginning October 10, all passengers on 
flights from Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia will 
be asked to monitor their body temperature for the first ten 
days upon arrival in Taiwan.  Visitors will be asked to take 
their temperature twice a day and record it on a form 
provided at the airport.  TCDC is asking that any passenger 
that experiences a fever over 38 degrees centigrade within 
ten days of arriving in Taiwan should wear a mask and see a 
doctor immediately.  Any inbound passenger from these four 
countries arriving at a Taiwan airport with a fever over 38 
degrees centigrade will be interviewed by quarantine 
personnel and asked to complete a "Communicable Disease 
Survey Form." 
 
2.  Any passenger that fails to inform the health authorities 
and transmits Avian Influenza to others will be subject to a 
fine between NT$ 3,000 (US$90) and NT$ 15,000 (US$450). 
PAAL 

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