Uzbekistan tightens sanitary controls at border amid cholera outbreak in Afghanistan
Jul 17, 2022
Tashkent (Uzbekistan), July 17: Uzbekistan has tightened sanitary-medical controls at its border crossings amid a reported cholera outbreak in neighboring Afghanistan, Uzbek public health authorities said Saturday.
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.
It said reserve beds and medicines in infectious diseases hospitals have been prepared for sick or suspected patients with cholera.
Uzbekistan shares a 144-km border with Afghanistan, with road and railway connections on a bridge over the Amudarya river.
Source: Xinhua
