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“Work should be done even before the first human case is found each year,” Professor Malik Peiris, a public health virologist at the University of Hong Kong, said.
“Local governments should step up in regulating farm and market inspection, instead of only reacting by closing down markets once cases are detected.”
Peiris doubted whether all provincial governments had *carried out strict, regular checks of local live poultry markets, which he said was the most effective way to prevent human infection.
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Gao Fu, a professor at the Institute of Microbiology affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said authorities had lowered their guard after the last two years when outbreaks were less severe.
... ?The measures needed to prevent [the spread of] bird flu are quite clear: shut down live poultry markets,? Gao said.
?We have advocated permanent closure of live poultry markets and for only quarantined chicken to be traded, but the ?enforcement is lagging.?
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/polic...te-experts-say
“Local governments should step up in regulating farm and market inspection, instead of only reacting by closing down markets once cases are detected.”
Peiris doubted whether all provincial governments had *carried out strict, regular checks of local live poultry markets, which he said was the most effective way to prevent human infection.
...
Gao Fu, a professor at the Institute of Microbiology affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said authorities had lowered their guard after the last two years when outbreaks were less severe.
... ?The measures needed to prevent [the spread of] bird flu are quite clear: shut down live poultry markets,? Gao said.
?We have advocated permanent closure of live poultry markets and for only quarantined chicken to be traded, but the ?enforcement is lagging.?
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/polic...te-experts-say