singapore – Ministry of Manpower (MOM) urged Employers of migrant domestic workers advise traveling maids to

take precautions to protect their health.

In the recommendation January 31stMOM said employers should advise helpers to stay away from bats, pigs and unwell people, eat fully cooked food and practice good hygiene.

You should also avoid consuming food and drinks it’s possible Contaminated by bats etc. raw date palm sap.

also warned against eating fruit that was on the ground.

MOM said any helper who feels unwell during or after the trip should seek immediate medical attention.

of CDA He said he is closely monitoring.

where two human case was reported.

it is 7th Since the Nipah virus outbreak in India 2001the CDA said, adding that the current cases remain confined to West Bengal.

vigilance

Through measures such as increased vigilance of patients in hospitals and emergency departments, temperature checks at airports for aircraft arriving from affected areas, and increased monitoring of newly arrived migrant workers. South Asia.

Professor Wang Linghua, an infectious disease expert at Duke-NUS School of Medicine, said sporadic outbreaks occur almost every year in India and Bangladesh, and the overall risk of transmission beyond known regions is currently very low.

“In very rare cases it can be transmitted from person to person, but it is not easy to spread and usually requires prolonged contact with an infected person,” he added.