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Precautions Urged For Travel Associated with Lunar New Year - Tiếng Việt
(Santa Ana) – People traveling for the Lunar New Year to countries where avian influenza A (H5N1) cases have been reported are urged to take precautions before, during and after their travel.
The celebration of the Lunar New Year results in increased travel between the United States and many Asian countries. Human cases of avian influenza A (H5N1), or bird flu, have been reported in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Cambodia and, most recently, Turkey. While there are not any restrictions on travel to these countries, certain precautions are recommended:
- Before traveling to areas where avian influenza A (H5N1) has been reported, visit the Centers for Disease Control Travelers’ Health website at www.cdc.gov/travel for current information. Make sure all of your routine and travel-related vaccinations are up to date. Pack a travel health kit containing your routine medications, basic first aid supplies and alcohol-based hand gels to clean your hands. Do not travel if you are sick.
- During travel, avoid direct contact with poultry and do not visit poultry farms or bird markets where live birds are kept. Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use alcohol-based hand gels for hand cleaning when soap and water is not available. Make sure that all poultry products are thoroughly cooked before eating.
- After returning, monitor your health for 10 days. If you develop a fever plus cough, sore throat or trouble breathing, contact your physician and provide information about your symptoms, where you have traveled and if you had direct contact with poultry or with sick people. Orange County physicians treating patients with respiratory symptoms who have traveled to areas with avian influenza A (H5N1) cases in the 10 days prior to the onset of symptoms should contact Public Health immediately at (714) 834-8180 for appropriate testing.
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