Avian Flu Travel Information

Official U.S. pandemic influenza website

• Information for Travelers
• Information for Airlines
• Travel Health Notices
• Pandemic Preparedness and Travel
• Information in Spanish (Información en español)

Information for Travelers

• New! Keeping Yourself Safe from Bird Flu: An Important Message for People Traveling to Asia To Celebrate the Lunar New Year (February 7, 2008)
  • New! Podcast: Getting Sick Stinks! A message (just for kids): Stay healthy during the Lunar New Year
  • New! Podcast: Healthy Travel for Lunar New Year
• Avian Influenza: Current Situation
• Questions and Answers about Avian Influenza (bird flu) for Travelers
  How to find out about risk by destination, prevention, more...
• Air Passengers Subject to Health Checks for Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
• Outbreak Notice: Human Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus
• Interim Guidance about Avian Influenza A (H5N1) for U.S. Citizens Living Abroad
• "Where Have Human Cases of Avian Flu Occurred?"
  Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Reported to WHO; on the World Health Organization website
• "Where Have Birds Infected with Avian Flu Been Reported?"
  Update on avian Influenza in Animals (Type H5); table on OIE site
• Color posters
  • Keep Bird Flu Out of the United States PDF (126 KB)
    Includes information about fines for smuggling birds into the United States. Poster text in HTML.
  • Brochure: Imports of Legal Birds and Bird Products PDF (346 KB / 12 pages)
    Color brochure about smuggling birds into the United States and protection of U.S. Agriculture
  • Stop Bird Smuggling Before Diseases Take Flight PDF (489 KB)
  • Bird Flu: What You Need to Know PDF (62 KB)
• International Animal Product Export Regulations
  U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) information about other countries’ importing requirements for certain animal-origin products.

Information for Airlines

The following advice and resources are compiled for airlines and airline personnel:

• Interim Guidance for Cleaning Aircraft Exteriors after Collisions with Birds in Avian Influenza A (H5N1)-Affected Areas
• Interim Guidance for Airline Flight Crews and Persons Meeting Passengers Arriving from Areas with Avian Influenza
• Interim Guidance for Airline Cleaning Crew, Maintenance Crew, and Baggage/Package and Cargo Handlers for Airlines Returning from Areas Affected by Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
• Business and Industry Planning for Pandemic Flu (on PandemicFlu.gov)
  Checklists and community guidelines to assist businesses in planning for a pandemic outbreak as well as for other comparable catastrophes.

CDC Travel Health Notices

Currently CDC does not recommend that the general public avoid travel to any of the countries affected by H5N1.

• Travel Health Warning notices: none in effect
• Travel Health Precaution notices: none in effect
• Avian Influenza Outbreak notices:
  • Human Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus
  • Interim Guidance about Avian Influenza A (H5N1) for U.S. Citizens Living Abroad
• In the News notices:
  • New! Keeping Yourself Safe from Bird Flu: An Important Message for People Traveling to Asia To Celebrate the Lunar New Year (February 7, 2008)

About CDC Travelers' Health Travel Notices: Definitions

For other outbreaks see wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/notices.aspx

Pandemic Preparedness and Travel

National

• Visit the official U.S. government website for pandemic influenza
• U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs: travel.state.gov site
  Information about safety and security abroad and any travel advisories or public announcements about avian flu

State and Local Health Departments

• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
  State links
• National Association of County Health Officials (NACHO)

International

• World Health Organization (WHO) Avian Influenza site
  Information about world wide avian flu and what countries are doing to prepare for avian flu

Other Resources

• CDC Avian Influenza website

Information in Spanish (Información en español)

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