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Public Health
Requirements
The entry and departure of an aircraft
infected or suspected to be infected with infectious diseases is governed by
the Aircraft (Public Health) Rules, 1950.
Aircraft coming from the West except India
and Ceylon are considered to be suspected of yellow fever infection until
they have been inspected by the Health Officer and the passengers and crew
have been medically examined.
The Commander of an aircraft coming to
Bangladesh is required to send a health report to the authorities at the
aerodrome where it intends to land , so as to reach them at least two hours
before landing, stating whether there is any person on board the aircraft
suffering from any illness and whether during the voyage there has been a
case of infectious disease.
The procedures enforced in regard to
aircraft itself is that the pilot is required to produce the journey log
book or any other documents showing the previous movement of the aircraft
for the last three months and the date and place of its disinsectization. An
aircraft will be regarded "CLEAR", if:
a. its log
shows that it has been disinfected in accordance with Schedule VIII of the
Aircraft (Public Health) Rules, 1950, after its last departure from or its
landing in a yellow fever infected area;
c. it has not
landed anywhere in a yellow fever infected area during the present journey;
and
d. no
non-vaccinated person coming from any yellow fever infected area has gone in
board the aircraft en-route for Bangladesh during the 9 days following the
date on which the aircraft left yellow fever infected area.
A person is considered to be protected
against yellow fever if:
a. he has
been protected against the disease by a previous attack; OR
b. he has a
satisfactory inoculation against the disease performed not less than 10 days
before arrival in the yellow fever infected area or not less than 12 days
before arrival in Bangladesh. A satisfactory inoculation is performed at
center duly empowered and notified through the World Health Organization by
the Government concerned as having been authorized to inoculate persons
against yellow fever: with a yellow fever vaccine manufactured at any one of
the following institutes:
1. Instituted
Eatudious Carios Finally, Bagota, Columbia.
2. National
Institute of Health, United States, Public Health Services, Namilton,
Montana.
3. Pasteur
Institute, Dakar.
4.
Rockefeller Foundation, New York.
5. Service
Nacionale do Febre Amarela, Rio de janerio.
6. South
African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg.
7. Welcome
Institute, London.
8. Indich
Institute, Amsterdam (Netherlands).
9. Pasteur
Institute, Paris (France).
10. The
Commonwealth Serum Laboratory, Melbourne (Australia).
11. The National
Drug Company, Seuftwater, Pa, U.S.A.
An unprotected person arriving in
Bangladesh from a yellow fever infected area within ten days of his having
left the area will be detained in quarantine for a period not exceeding ten
days and if an aircraft not disinfected as indicated above arrives from area
infected with yellow fever, all protected persons on board the aircraft will
be detained in quarantine for a period not exceeding 10 days. To avoid
detention in quarantine all crew and passengers should carry International
Certificates of satisfactory inoculation against yellow fever. They are also
advised in their own interest to be in possession of International
Certificates of vaccination against cholera and smallpox while coming
Bangladesh.
Passengers and members of the crew will not
be charged for a vaccination or an inoculation, when the operations are
performed at the airport by Health Department officials.
Passengers and members of the crew will not
be charged for accommodation including treatment and drugs, if any, at the
isolation Hospital when they are sent there at the discretion of the Health
Officer.
During an epidemic and aircraft that loads
passengers from the epidemic ridden area must ensure that no infected person
embarks into the aircraft, if any illness develops during the flight the
information should be transmitted at once to the Airport Health Authority
where the aircraft is supposed to land.
In case there is an epidemic in the port of
embarkation the embarking passengers must possess valid proof of effective
Vaccination against the epidemic disease, if available.
Public health measures
applied to aircraft
Plant Quarantine Requirements
On arrival of the aircraft all passengers and
crew shall declare any plant or plant materials carried by them on the
scheduled card to be supplied by the plant Quarantine Officer for further
laboratory test/final disposal/destruction.
Passengers arriving in Bangladesh after
visiting any rubber growing countries of Central America including Mexico,
and countries in South America, should immediately report to the Plant
Quarantine Officer for a special treatment of all his personal belongings.
The importation of plants and seeds into
Bangladesh is governed by special rules. In every case where it is intended
to carry plants or seeds on aircraft entering Bangladesh, enquiries should
first be made from the Department of Plant Protection, Ministry of
Agriculture, Agricultural Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka.
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