WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1978
SMALLPOX VACCINATION CERTIFICATES REQUIRED FROM U.K. ARRIVALS *****
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT ARRIVALS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE VALID INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX FOR ENTRY INTO HONG KONG..
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE HEALTH REQUIREMENT IS IMPOSED FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION THAT BIRMINGHAM CITY IN U.K. HAS BEEN DECLARED A SMALLPOX INFECTED AREA.
ACCORDING TO W.H.O. RECOMMENDATION, A VACCINATION
CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED FROM TRAVELLERS WHO, WITHIN THE PRECEDING 14 DAYS, HAVE VISITED A SMALLPOX INFECTED COUNTRY AS REFLECTED IN THE W.H.O.'S WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORDS.
THE HONG KONG HEALTH AUTHORITY TODAY RECEIVED THE LATEST COPY OF THE RECORDS FROM W.H.0, WHICH HAS INCLUDED U.K.'S BIRMINGHAM CITY AS A NEWLY INFECTED AREA.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE HEALTH REQUIREMENT WILL BE IMPOSED UNTIL THE AREA IS DECLARED FREE FROM THE DISEASE.
HE ADVISED HONG KONG PEOPLE INTENDING TO TRAVEL TO U.K. OR TO OTHER EUROPEAN CITIES VIA U.K. TO POSSESS A VALID INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX.
VACCINATION CERTIFICATES ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE PORT HEALTH OFFICES AT LEE PO CHUN CHAMBER IN CENTRAL DISTRICT AND STAR HOUSE IN TSIM SHA TSUI OR FROM REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WHO UNDERTAKE THIS SERVICE.
A CERTIFICATE BECOMES VALID SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE INNOCULATION IN THE CASE OF A PRIMARY VACCINATION AND IMMEDIATELY IN THE CASE OF A RE-VACCINATION.
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