The Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC) updated its global travel warning to polio, warning Americans against the spread of the disease.
ConsultingWhich was last updated this week, classifies the polio virus as “level 2”, encouraging Americans to “increased precautions” while traveling internationally. Countries of poliovirus include popular destinations such as Finland, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and Kenya.
The CDC wrote in its advisor, “Before any international travel, make sure you are updated on your polio vaccines.” “Before the journey of any destination listed below, adults who had previously completed full, regular polio vaccine chain, can get a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine.”
Most people who contracted polio do not feel ill and experience minor symptoms such as fever, fatigue, nausea, headache, nasal congestion, a sore throat, a cough, their neck and back hardness and their hands and feet pain. However, polio can cause more severe symptoms in rare cases, including permanent loss of muscle function, which the CDC said “can be fatal if the muscles used for breathing are paralyzed or if brain infection occurs.”
Beyond the bus vaccination, CDC advises passengers to practice good hands and take care to drink non-contaminated water.
In addition to polio, CDC issued warnings for Chikungunya virus in both China Guangdong Province (Which was updated last week) and in BoliviaThe virus is spread by mosquitoes and while the most common symptoms occur in fever and joints, the CDC stated that the passengers “risk for more serious illness include newborns infected around the time of birth, large adults (65 years or more), and people with medical conditions such as diabetes or heart disease.” The agency recommended pregnant people to avoid traveling to affected areas, especially if they are close to delivering, as the virus can be passed to the child when the parents are infected.
The CDC stated that passengers going to these areas should vaccinate, use insect disturbances, wear long -sleeved shirts and pants, and stay in places with air conditioning or with screen on windows and doors.
CDC also monitors other global diseases like dengue fever, which is currently Classified With “level 1” as anxiety Measles, Yellow feverMore. Currently, the CDC has not issued any “level 3” or “level 4” advice that recommends passengers to reconsider the non -journey journey or avoid all travels on the destination respectively.
