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What Happens If You Are Quarantined Abroad?
People face numerous issues while traveling abroad, and presently, the swine flu and H1N1 pandemic is the most gruesome issue to consider while flying abroad. At present, travelers are trying to avoid getting quarantined abroad with swine flu as much as possible. What if you are quarantined abroad?
If you are infected with the H1N1 virus abroad, then see to it that your travel insurance covers you for the incurred expenses. In fact, you may check with your travel insurance firm to obtain more details.
Your travel insurance company should help you to cover the medical expenses along with other traveling costs, if any. In addition, if you miss your return flight due to the infection, then too your travel insurance firm has to cover for any additional costs along with providing funds for your return flight. However, check this with your insurance firm, as there may be some exclusions.
Symptoms For Which You Might Be Quarantined:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued certain symptoms of the H1N1 virus and, if you experience these symptoms abroad, you are likely to be quarantined. The symptoms are:
Fever along with
- Sore throat
- cold and cough
- stuffy and/or runny nose
Other symptoms are:
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
- Body aches
- Chills
- Headache
While abroad, if you suffer from fever along with any of the above-mentioned symptoms, then there are chances that you might be quarantined in that country. In addition, people around you may be quarantined as a precautionary measure.
Quarantine in actual terms will restrict your freedom to move from one location to another. However, on the other hand, it is referred as an obligatory practice to ensure your safety as well as safety of people around you. In addition, you have to follow the procedures involved in quarantine to prevent the disease from spreading.
People who are more prone to illnesses from influenza are the ones with certain chronic diseases such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes. Also, elder people are more likely to be quarantined for swine flu while travelling abroad, so take precautionary measures in advance.
While being quarantined, you will be provided with antiviral medications to prevent the influenza from spreading. The antiviral drugs such as zanamivir and oseltamivir fight well against the H1N1 virus, by preventing the virus reproduction in your body.
Finally, to evict the epidemic successfully, it is necessary for everyone and especially for people who are traveling abroad, to follow the health and safety guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and CDC.
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