Cablegate: Taiwan Screens Certain Air Passengers for Avian Flu

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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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