Health declaration forms a means to control spread of virus

Residents and visitors entering Macao should fill in the health declaration form seriously to help control the spread of the flu virus, the Health Bureau urged today. According to the International Health Regulations (2005), health declaration is a means to prevent pandemic from spreading. Since victims of the novel influenza A (H1N1) do not necessarily shown signs of fever, and their declaration of health and travel history could help health authorities to track them and provide them treatment when necessary. Meanwhile, the Hospital Conde S. Januário treated 109 children and 61 adults with respiratory illness symptoms today and medical teams at terminals checked body temperatures of more than 132,000 people entering Macao. They also dealt with 14 enquiries, but no unusual case was detected. To date there is no probable or confirmed human case of influenza A (H1N1) reported in Macao.