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Call for bird flu action
Source: Xinhua |
January 22, 2009, Thursday
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CHINA has ordered an improvement in the monitoring and management of live poultry markets after four human bird flu cases were reported nationwide within a month.
In a joint circular, the ministries of health, agriculture and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce urges local bureaux to work closely together in supervising and managing live poultry markets, which, say experts, are a key factor in human bird flu prevention and control.
Local offices must maintain 24-hour supervision of the markets, and once bird flu or suspected cases are spotted, they must investigate as a matter of emergency epidemiological investigation, trace the source and isolate those having close contact with the affected birds to curb the spread of the disease.
Localities were urged to close live poultry markets in urban areas, and disinfect markets daily if they could not be shut. Local bureaux of the three agencies were also told to launch a daily surveillance and reporting system and to deal with the situation jointly once disease was found.
Three people have died of bird flu so far this year. The victims were a 19-year-old woman in Beijing on January 5, a 27-year-old woman in Shandong on January 17 and a 16-year-old male student in Hunan on Tuesday.
A two-year-old is receiving treatment in Shanxi.
In a joint circular, the ministries of health, agriculture and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce urges local bureaux to work closely together in supervising and managing live poultry markets, which, say experts, are a key factor in human bird flu prevention and control.
Local offices must maintain 24-hour supervision of the markets, and once bird flu or suspected cases are spotted, they must investigate as a matter of emergency epidemiological investigation, trace the source and isolate those having close contact with the affected birds to curb the spread of the disease.
Localities were urged to close live poultry markets in urban areas, and disinfect markets daily if they could not be shut. Local bureaux of the three agencies were also told to launch a daily surveillance and reporting system and to deal with the situation jointly once disease was found.
Three people have died of bird flu so far this year. The victims were a 19-year-old woman in Beijing on January 5, a 27-year-old woman in Shandong on January 17 and a 16-year-old male student in Hunan on Tuesday.
A two-year-old is receiving treatment in Shanxi.
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