CANCUN (AP) - Mexico fears the H5N1 strain of influenza A virus already detected in Asia and Europe, because she has a high degree of aggressiveness and lethality, "said Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova.
As part of the annual meeting of ministers of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in Cancun, Mexico, the official said the discovery of a poultry farm in Europe of the H5N1 strain, which causes the dreaded bird flu that began in warning in the past decade several countries in Asia for its high degree of mortality.
He had earlier appeared in Asia but has appeared on the border with Romania and that it will have much fear, "Cordova said.
He explained that it "is a mutation much more aggressive" than AH1N1, which spread throughout the country last year and whose alert could be lifted in April and May.
"We can not lower our guard, we must be prepared for if it comes, we hope that does not come," he warned, and said the government is watching closely.
Earlier this week the European Commission warned of the emergence of an influenza outbreak in poultry AH5N1 farm Letea Romanian population, located near the border with Ukraine.
En el marco de la reuni?n anual de ministros del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), en Canc?n, M?xico, el funcionario advirti? del descubrimiento en aves de una granja de Europa de la variante H5N1, causante de la temida gripe aviar, que puso en alerta en la pasada d?cada a varios pa?ses de Asia por su alto grado de mortandad.
As part of the annual meeting of ministers of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in Cancun, Mexico, the official said the discovery of a poultry farm in Europe of the H5N1 strain, which causes the dreaded bird flu that began in warning in the past decade several countries in Asia for its high degree of mortality.
?Es una variante del virus que se detect? en Europa (...).
"It is a variant of the virus was detected in Europe (...). Ya antes hab?a aparecido en Asia, pero ahora apareci? en la frontera con Rumania ya esa s? le tenemos mucho miedo?, dijo C?rdova.
He had earlier appeared in Asia but has appeared on the border with Romania and that it will have much fear, "Cordova said.
Explic? que ?sta ?es una mutaci?n mucho m?s agresiva? que el AH1N1 , que se extendi? en el pa?s el a?o pasado y cuya alerta podr?a levantarse entre abril y mayo.
He explained that it "is a mutation much more aggressive" than AH1N1, which spread throughout the country last year and whose alert could be lifted in April and May.
?No podemos bajar la guardia, tenemos que estar preparados por si llega, que esperamos que no llegue?, advirti?, y dijo que el gobierno est? vigilando con atenci?n.
"We can not lower our guard, we must be prepared for if it comes, we hope that does not come," he warned, and said the government is watching closely.
A principios de esta semana la Comisi?n Europea alert? sobre la aparici?n de un brote de gripe AH5N1 en las aves de una granja de la poblaci?n rumana de Letea, ubicada cerca de la frontera con Ucrania .
Earlier this week the European Commission warned of the emergence of an influenza outbreak in poultry AH5N1 farm Letea Romanian population, located near the border with Ukraine.
Las autoridades sanitarias de Rumania ordenaron el sacrificio de los animales afectados e impusieron un cerco de alto riesgo de seis kil?metros a la redonda, con un cerco adicional de vigilancia de 20 kil?metros.
Romanian health authorities ordered the slaughter of affected animals and imposed a siege at high risk of six miles, with an additional fence surveillance of 20 kilometers.
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