Flu vaccine program extended to schools
By Qian Bo and Xiao Wei |
November 28, 2009, Saturday
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MINHANG'S 120,000 primary and middle school students, including expat children studying in the district's international schools, started to receive H1N1 flu vaccine last week, an effort to prevent and control the spread of the virus.
So far about 16,000 people in the district working in hospitals and some public facilities have got their jabs.
The vaccination is only available for students and health care professionals.
Last week the districts's monthly H1N1 report was upgraded to a weekly report to better monitor and control the epidemic situation. The weekly updated briefing will be conducted till next October.
Currently, the district has seven H1N1 monitoring stations in Minhang Hospital, Shanghai No. 5 People's Hospital, Wujing Hospital and some others set up in the local community public medical service centers, which are required to report H1N1 cases to the local health bureau and the disease control center every day.
The health bureau says doctors working in the fever diagnosis wards in each hospital and medical centers are all senior and experienced and have received specialized training.
Severe cases (or those that have the tendency to get worse) will be immediately transferred to the Shanghai Health Clinical Center affiliated with Fudan University.
In addition, Shanghai No. 5 People's Hospital has increased its bed availability to cater for H1N1 patients if the clinical center is short of capacity.
Health education on the prevention of H1N1 also has been launched.
The local disease control center has distributed more than 530,000 leaflets and brochures to schools, communities and office buildings across the district.
Experts warn that vaccinated citizens still need to pay attention to personal hygiene.
So far about 16,000 people in the district working in hospitals and some public facilities have got their jabs.
The vaccination is only available for students and health care professionals.
Last week the districts's monthly H1N1 report was upgraded to a weekly report to better monitor and control the epidemic situation. The weekly updated briefing will be conducted till next October.
Currently, the district has seven H1N1 monitoring stations in Minhang Hospital, Shanghai No. 5 People's Hospital, Wujing Hospital and some others set up in the local community public medical service centers, which are required to report H1N1 cases to the local health bureau and the disease control center every day.
The health bureau says doctors working in the fever diagnosis wards in each hospital and medical centers are all senior and experienced and have received specialized training.
Severe cases (or those that have the tendency to get worse) will be immediately transferred to the Shanghai Health Clinical Center affiliated with Fudan University.
In addition, Shanghai No. 5 People's Hospital has increased its bed availability to cater for H1N1 patients if the clinical center is short of capacity.
Health education on the prevention of H1N1 also has been launched.
The local disease control center has distributed more than 530,000 leaflets and brochures to schools, communities and office buildings across the district.
Experts warn that vaccinated citizens still need to pay attention to personal hygiene.
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