Article 7

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 01-01-1982

Bronpublicatie:: 20-05-1981, Trb. 1981, 192 (uitgifte: 31-08-1981, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 01-01-1982
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 20-05-1981, Trb. 1981, 192 (uitgifte: 31-08-1981, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Gezondheidsrecht / Individuele gezondheidszorg

1.

The health administration for a territory in which an infected area has been defined and notified shall notify the Organization when that area is free from infection.

2.

An infected area may be considered as free from infection when all measures of prophylaxis have been taken and maintained to prevent the recurrence of the disease or its spread to other areas, and when:

(a)

in the case of plague or cholera, a period of time equal to at least twice the incubation period of the disease, as hereinafter provided, has elapsed since the last case identified has died, recovered or been isolated, and there is no epidemiological evidence of spread of that disease to any contiguous area;

(b)

(i): in the case of yellow fever not transmitted by Aedes aegypti, three months have elapsed without evidence of activity of the yellow-fever virus;
(ii): in the case of yellow fever transmitted by Aedes aegypti, three months have elapsed since the occurrence of the last human case, or one month since that occurrence if the Aedes aegypti index has been continuously maintained below one per cent.;

(c)

(i): in the case of plague in domestic rodents, one month has elapsed since the last infected animal was found or trapped;
(ii): in the case of plague in wild rodents, three months have elapsed without evidence of the disease in sufficient proximity to ports and airports to be a threat to international traffic.