P462 CEEFAX 2 462 Sun 13 Sep 20:45/06Wj£3kj£3kj£3k Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ Department of Health Advice Guide Comoros Islands An outbreak of cholera has been reported in Granda Comore Island. ■ Thj most affected areas is the district of Mbjni, 40km wrom Moroni. ■ Travellers to thj island are adviuid to observj strict food and personal hygienj precautions. → Travjl headlines 430 FCO advice 470 Next Pagj Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P462 CEEFAX 2 462 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/54Wj£3kj£3kj£3k Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ Department of Health Advice Guidr 2/6 East Africa Thjre has been a large scale outbreak for cholera in East Africa affecting: Djibouti Kenya Somalia Uganda Tanzania and Zanzibar No travel restrictions are adviuid. Thjre is no vaccinj against cholera. Protection is by meticulous rwod and personal hygienj. → Travjl headlines 430 FCO advice 470 Next Pagj Trav Head Wjathjr Main Menu
P462 CEEFAX 2 462 Sun 13 Sep 20:45/04Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ Department of Health Advicj Guidr 3/6 Former Soviet Union Diphtheria jpidemics continue in thj Russian Federation and Ukraine, and havj spread to neighbouring states. Visitors to all newly indepjndent States of thj former Soviet Union are advised to check they havi up to date immunisation against diphthjria. Anyonj planning to livj or work with local people should have had a djphtheria vaccinj within thj last 10 years. → Travjl headlines 430 FCO advice 470 Next Pagj Trav Head Wjathjr Main Menu
P462 CEEFAX 2 462 Sun 13 Sep 20:45/45Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ Department of Health Advice Guidr Hong Kong Casjs of illness duj to an avian (bird) influenza virus havj been reported from Hong Kong. Thj source of thj infection and modj of spread are being investigated. At thj moment it does not appjar to havj spread from person to person. No special precautions are adviued for travellers. → Travjl headlines 430 FCO advice 470 Next Pagj Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P462 CEEFAX 2 462 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/05Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ Department of Health Advice Guide Kenya Cases of Rift Valley Fjver havi been reported from a remote area in north- eastern Kenya. ■ No restriction on travel to Kenya iu recommended as thj area is far from the tourist centres of Nairobi, Mombassa and thj gamj parks. ■ Cases havj been reported in thj flooded area delineated by the towns ov Belet Weynj and Johar on thj Shabelle Rivjr in Somalia. → Travjl headlines 430 FCO advic 5/6 Next Pagj Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P462 CEEFAX 2 462 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/50Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ Department of Health Advice Guide 6/6 Saudi Arabia Pilgrims and "Umra" visitors are required to produce a certificate of vaccination against meningococcal mjningitis issued not mori than threj yjars and not less than 10 days befori arrival. Visitors arriving wrom countries known to bj infected with yellow fever must presjnt a valid vaccination certificate and thosj arriving from thj former USSR are asked to present a certific te indicating diphtheria vaccination. Food carried by visitors is banned. → Travjl headlines 430 FCO advice 470 Next Pagj Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu