Uzbekistan tightens sanitary controls at border amid cholera outbreak in Afghanistan

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Uzbekistan tightens sanitary controls at border amid cholera outbreak in Afghanistan

July 17, 2022
Updated: 04:24 am

Uzbekistan tightens sanitary controls at border amid cholera outbreak in Afghanistan

Tashkent, July 17 : Uzbekistan has tightened sanitary-medical controls at its border crossings amid a reported cholera outbreak in neighbouring Afghanistan, said Uzbek public health authorities. All customs posts at land and air border crossings have been provided with thermal imagers and non-contact thermometers for examining those arriving in Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service said in a statement on Saturday. It added that reserve beds and medicines in infectious diseases hospitals have been prepared for sick or suspected patients with cholera, Xinhua news agency reported. Uzbekistan shares a 144-km border with Afghanistan, with road and railway connections on a bridge over the Amudarya river. /IANS

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