AMMAN — The
National Center for Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, headed by Raeda
Al-Qutb, held a meeting on Tuesday in the presence of the concerned authorities
to discuss developments and follow up on the measures recommended last week,
regarding cholera, which has spread in neighboring countries, specifically
Syria, according to local media outlets.
اضافة اعلان
The attendees, including representatives from
the ministries of health, agriculture, environment, water and irrigation, the
National Center for Security and Crisis Management, the Food and Drug
Administration and other partner agencies, discussed precautionary measures at
the national level to prepare for and respond to cholera.
The meeting stressed the need for continued
coordination between the concerned official authorities with the center in the
coming period to ensure health security related to preventing the spread of
cholera in the Kingdom.
The meeting stressed “the need to intensify
control over travelers coming from border crossings, especially on foods that
are eaten raw, such as vegetables and fruits and to destroy them if they are
not canned or processed.”
The attendees stressed that the situation in
the Kingdom related to cholera is “reassuring so far” because drinking water,
which is the main source of transmission of cholera infection, is safe in
Jordan. The health infrastructure in the Kingdom being “ready and able” to deal
with any detected or suspected cases of being infected with cholera, they said.
Qutb stated that “one of the center’s tasks, is to
monitor epidemics and communicable diseases nationally, regionally, and
internationally, and to detect new or emerging threats and to recommend their
prevention, and coordinate response
efforts.
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