Hyderabad: Screening for the Zika virus has been set up at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and international passengers travelling to affected areas are being requested to defer non-essential travel to Africa and South America.
Travellers to these countries are being sensitised about the virus not only by health officials but also the immigration authorities as the threat of the Zika virus in the affected areas ranges from “sporadic to widespread transmission”.
To ensure that travellers understand the gravity of the situation, printed pamphlets are being distributed so that they can seek help at the screening centres or the nearest health centre in the country they visit.
The pamphlet requests travellers to the affected countries to strictly follow individual protective mea-sures, especially during the day to prevent mosquito bites by using mosquito repellant cream, electronic mosquito repellants, mosquito nets and to dress to cover maximum body.
14/02/16 Deccan Chronicle
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Travellers to these countries are being sensitised about the virus not only by health officials but also the immigration authorities as the threat of the Zika virus in the affected areas ranges from “sporadic to widespread transmission”.
To ensure that travellers understand the gravity of the situation, printed pamphlets are being distributed so that they can seek help at the screening centres or the nearest health centre in the country they visit.
The pamphlet requests travellers to the affected countries to strictly follow individual protective mea-sures, especially during the day to prevent mosquito bites by using mosquito repellant cream, electronic mosquito repellants, mosquito nets and to dress to cover maximum body.
14/02/16 Deccan Chronicle
