Uzbekistan airports are taking a range of measures to prevent the introduction and spread of monkeypox from abroad. Report Uzbekistan Airports Press Service.

It is reported that in accordance with the instructions of the Chief Health Officer of Uzbekistan on preventing the introduction and spread of monkeypox, several health promotion activities are planned to be held at Uzbekistan airports.

Among them, from August 20 to 21, the civil aviation agency will work with the Center for Health Epidemiology to hold special seminars on monkeypox etiology, clinical manifestations, epidemiology, diagnosis and prevention for airport medical staff.

In addition, hygiene awareness campaigns against monkeypox have been intensified at all international airports, the report said.

In particular, airport staff will be informed about the disease in a simplified form and will be explained how some symptoms appear visually. Thermal imaging equipment is installed at the airport to remotely detect passengers with high temperatures.

The Uzbek Ministry of Airport Medical Supply Development said, citing WHO data: The new virus is mainly spreading in African countries that do not have direct flights to Uzbekistan.

It is worth noting that the World Health Organization recently declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency AnnounceThe decision was made against the backdrop of an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its spread to neighboring countries.

Later, the head of the SES department, Rustam Ikramov, said that Uzbekistan was taking measures to prevent the entry and spread of monkeypox. InformedHe said virology experts had been retrained and testing systems were being distributed.