From the 1st January to the 1st July, 2014, globe had 112 new cases of poliomyelitis (often called polio or infantile paralysis) reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The endemic countries are including,

Pakistan (88), Afghanistan (7), Nigeria (4), Equatorial Guinea (5), Cameroon (3), Iraq (2), Syria (1), Ethiopia (1), and Somalia (1).

Under the Regulations, polio is determined to be public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC). WHO also issued the international travel health information/advices to decrease the spread of the polio virus.

On the basis of ‘International Health Regulations’, ’Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People’s Republic of China’, and ‘Law of the PRC on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases’, the following announcement was issued in order to prevent, control and eliminate the occurrence and epidemic of polio virus and to ensure the health of the people. The announcement has shown as below:

Any individual, who came from the above endemic countries, has to be advised to provide the official certificate of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) while submitting the visa application. The IPV certificate has to be obtained in the recent 12 months.

Unvaccinated individual who has no official certificate shall be vaccinated one dose of polio vaccine on entering the country at the frontier port of their arrival. The vaccine certificate will be issued at the same time.

Unvaccinated individual,who has no official certificate, refuse to be vaccinated, in violation of the provisions of the above regulations, shall be refused entry to China according to the 'International Health Regulations (2005)'.

For more information, please refer to

http://www.aqsiq.gov.cn/xxgk_13386/jgfl/wsjyjgs/tzdt/201407/t20140718_417906.htm

(Website in Chinese)