Central Asian countries strengthen quarantine and testing

Also reported as: Central Asian states tighten border health measures; Also reported as: Countries step up infection controls

• Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan strengthened quarantine measures and testing.³
  • Kazakhstan's checks at border posts and international airports covered travellers arriving from Russia and included thermal imaging and monitoring.³
  • Kyrgyzstan screened people, buses and commercial cargo travelling to, from or through Russia at all regional entry points.³
  • Tajikistan's medical teams developed plans to isolate patients with respiratory symptoms or unexplained fever.³
  • Confirmed Uzbekistan's sanitary-epidemiological committee (🇺🇿) said Uzbekistan strengthened sanitary controls and raised specialist services' readiness.¹
  • Confirmed Uzbekistan's committee (🇺🇿) said officials monitored data from Russian authorities and the World Health Organization (🇺🇳).¹

The reports (6)

• Tashkent, following Astana and Bishkek, tightened border controls after the death of an employee of an anti-plague research institute in RussiaРадио Азаттык · Russian · 7 Oct, 04:06
• Plague in Siberia, alert outside Russia: borders sealed with Asia. The WHO map of global infectionsilmessaggero.it (🇮🇹) · Italian · 6 Oct, 08:40
• Preventing the spread of plague from Russia: Four Central Asian countries strengthen quarantine measures and testing | InternationalNewtalk新聞 (🇹🇼) · Chinese · 7 Oct, 01:39
• Russia investigates suspected pneumonic plague case as neighbouring countries step up precautions bdqqxgy.makeup/VkepdCbdqqxgy.makeup · 7 Oct, 03:50
• Suspected plague death in Russia; Taiwan CDC announces strengthened quarantine at airports and ports | ETtoday Health Cloudettoday.net · Chinese · 6 Oct, 09:15
• Five countries have taken health measures at their borders amid fears of a possible pneumonic plague outbreak in Russialibertatea.ro (🇷🇴) · Romanian · 7 Oct, 02:15