Amendment to Executive Order 13295 Relating to Certain Influenza Viruses and Quarantinable Communicable Diseases
Headline: Federal Order Adds Pandemic-Capable Influenza to Quarantine List
What it does: Federal health agencies must treat novel or reemergent influenza with pandemic potential as quarantinable diseases.
- Allows federal health authorities to quarantine pandemic-capable influenza cases.
- Affects travelers and people who become ill during influenza outbreaks.
- Adds pandemic-potential influenza to the list used for disease control actions.
Summary
This order amends an earlier public-health executive order to add influenza caused by novel or reemergent viruses that are causing, or could cause, a pandemic to the government’s list of quarantinable diseases. The addition follows a recommendation from the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Surgeon General.
The change affects federal public health authorities and people who may travel or become ill during an outbreak by allowing such influenza to be handled under quarantine powers. The stated purpose is to address diseases that could spark a pandemic.
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