SCHEDULE 2ADDITIONAL MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO DISEASES SUBJECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS

PART II—CHOLERA

Infected aircraft and suspected aircraft

1

The medical officer—

a

may place under surveillance any person who disembarks from an aircraft, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date of disembarkation from the aircraft;

b

shall be responsible for the supervision of the removal and safe disposal of any water, food (excluding cargo), human dejecta, waste water, waste matter and any other matter which is considered to be contaminated and shall be responsible for the disinfection of water tanks and food handling equipment.

2

Foodstuffs carried as cargo on board aircraft in which a case of cholera has occurred during the journey may not be subjected to bacteriological examination except by the health authorities of the country of final destination.