Since the Ebola hemorrhagic fever broke out in March 2014 in Guinea, a total of 779 clinical cases have been reported, as of July 3, 2014 in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, 481 of which have resulted in death. To prevent Ebola hemorrhagic fever from spreading into China, and to protect the Chinese sent to the above-mentioned countries or their neighboring countries and regions, four government departments issued the following notice according to the Rules for the Implementation of Frontier Health and Quarantine Law and the Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases:

I. Personnel coming from the aforementioned regions should immediately and voluntarily make a verbal report to entry-exit inspection and quarantine institutes upon entering China if they exhibit suspected symptoms such as fever, extreme weakness, headache, muscle pain, sore throat and conjunctive congestion. If a clear diagnosis cannot be made at the port, patients should be transferred to designated medical institutions to receive further diagnosis and treatment. Personnel showing the aforementioned symptoms three weeks after entering China should immediately go to the hospital for diagnosis and explain to doctor their recent travel history in order to get diagnosed and treated in time. Medical institutions shall report suspected cases as required as soon as they are found.

II. Personnel from the aforementioned areas and heads of transportation should cooperate with inspection and quarantine personnel in body-temperature monitoring, medical inspection, epidemiological investigation and medical screening. Inspection and quarantine personnel should protect themselves when dealing with suspected cases and take standard medical measures. Body fluids, secretion and excreta of the infected people, and other items touched by infected people should be disinfected immediately.

III. Transportation tools, containers, goods, luggage and postal parcel carriers from the aforementioned areas shall be subject to inspections by inspection and quarantine institutions, and those that might be infected with Ebola virus will go through sanitization measures in line with relevant regulations.

IV. Personnel sent to the aforementioned areas can get information on the epidemic situation of their destinations and relevant prevention methods from the entry-exit inspection and quarantine institute, or by logging onto the website of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine（http://www.aqsiq.gov.cn), or the website of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention（http://www.chinacdc.cn/). They should be aware of disease prevention methods.

V. Personnel sent to the aforementioned areas shall maintain good personal hygiene habits, especially including avoiding contact with primates and other wildlife, as well as blood, body fluids and feces of suspected patients and infected animals. Local animal food must be fully cooked. People showing suspected symptoms during or after travel should immediately see a doctor and voluntarily report themselves to the inspection and quarantine institution when entering China.

VI. Ebola hemorrhagic fever is an acute infectious disease with a fatality rate as high as 50 to 90 percent. It can be spread through contact with patient blood or other body fluids and infect others by skin, respiratory tract or conjunctiva. The incubation period is two to 21 days. Clinical symptoms include sudden onset, fever, extreme weakness, headache, muscle pain, sore throat, and conjunctive congestion. Patients will experience vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and skin rashes a few days later. Anicteric hepatitis and pancreatitis might appear in severe cases with various bleeding. At present, there are no effective treatments or vaccines for the disease, and the treatment is based on symptoms.

This notice goes into effect for 12 months after the day it’s issued.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine;

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

The National Health and Family Planning Commission;

The National Tourism Administration.

July 9, 2014