Information für Fluggäste englisch

Since November 2002 a new form of respiratory disease has emerged, that causes a severe form of pneumonia among some of the affected patients. The World Health Organisation has named the disease “severe acute respiratory syndrome” or SARS. The transmission of cases of SARS is reported above all from China, but also from other countries.

According to present knowledge the disease is primarily transmitted from person to person by droplets. The time from exposure to onset of symptoms is 2 - 7 days, but can last up to 10 days.

You have been in a country or region from where local transmission of SARS cases has been reported. To protect yourself and your next of kin we ask you for your assistance.

Please watch yourself in the next 10 days for the following signs and symptoms:

►		Newly developed fever (above 38,0 ºC (= 100,4 F)
►	Cough or shortness of breath

Should you develop these symptoms, please call your doctor and inform him/her about your symptoms as well as the countries where you have stayed in the 10 days before onset of symptoms.

It is important that you limit contact to as few persons as possible before your physician sees you, e.g. you should not sit in the waiting room together with other patients.

SARS Important health information from the Robert Koch Institute for internationel travel guests
Version: 14. May 2003