Quantcast
Published On: Thu, May 15th, 2014

Singapore: Temperature screening in passengers from MERS affected countries to begin this weekend

In response to the World Health Organization (WHO) statement from the Emergency Committee  Tuesday, the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) announced the commencement of temperature screening at air checkpoints for passengers arriving from affected countries in the Middle East beginning 18 May 2014, according to a press release today.

Image/CIA

Image/CIA

Singapore health officials say the risk of an outbreak in the country remains low as sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus has not been reported. Nonetheless, the possibility of an imported case here cannot be ruled out due to international travel.

They say all suspected and confirmed cases will be isolated and managed under strict airborne infection control precautions. If a case is detected, MOH will conduct contact tracing when appropriate, and all close contacts will be placed under quarantine. For more infectious disease news and information, visit and “like” the Infectious Disease News Facebook page.

The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) will continue to work with the relevant travel agents to ensure that MOH’s Health Advisory is provided to Umrah and Haj pilgrims. There is currently no advisory against travel to countries of the Arabian Peninsula, or to countries reporting imported cases of MERS-CoV.

 

On the DISPATCH: Headlines  Local  Opinion

Subscribe to Weekly Newsletter

* indicates required
/ ( mm / dd ) [ALL INFO CONFIDENTIAL]

About the Author

- Writer, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of The Global Dispatch. Robert has been covering news in the areas of health, world news and politics for a variety of online news sources. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the website, Outbreak News Today and hosts the podcast, Outbreak News Interviews on iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify Robert is politically Independent and a born again Christian Follow @bactiman63

Displaying 3 Comments
Have Your Say
  1. Arizona braces for MERS virus – azcentral.com | Amazing News says:

    […] research on MERS virusNorthwest Cable NewsNetherlands reports second MERS caseXinhuaCIDRAP -The Global Dispatchall 825 news […]

  2. Arizona braces for MERS virus – azcentral.com | HNP says:

    […] research on MERS virusNorthwest Cable NewsNetherlands reports second MERS caseXinhuaCIDRAP -The Global Dispatch -Wall Street Journal (blog)all 811 news […]

  3. Netherlands reports second MERS case – Xinhua | Amazing News says:

    […] research on MERS virusNorthwest Cable NewsDutch, Saudi, Jordan reports boost MERS tallyCIDRAPSingapore: Temperature screening in passengers from MERS affected countries …The Global DispatchWall Street Journal (blog) -Chicago Tribune -Al Jazeera Americaall 788 […]

Leave a comment

XHTML: You can use these html tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

like_us_on_facebook

 

The Global Dispatch Facebook page- click here

Movie News Facebook page - click here

Television News Facebook page - click here

Weird News Facebook page - click here 

DISPATCH RADIO

dispatch_radio

THE BRANDON JONES SHOW

brandon_jones_show-logo

Archives