International Health Regulations (2005) facilitate communication for in-flight contacts of a Middle East respiratory syndrome case, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2014
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https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.1.002Abstract
A Hong Kong tour group has contacted a MERS case in a flight from Qatar to Austria. Communications under IHR (2005) have enabled efficient collaboration between health authorities across continents and our well-established preparedness plan of MERS has also ensured risk-based management in the emergency responses.
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26-03-2015
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Poon K- ming, Wong M- ling, Leung Y- hong, Sin K- wai, To M- kei L, Chuang S- kwan. International Health Regulations (2005) facilitate communication for in-flight contacts of a Middle East respiratory syndrome case, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2014. Western Pac Surveill Response J [Internet]. 2015 Mar. 26 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];6(1). Available from: https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/297
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