Vietnam - Plans to block new swine flu trH3N2

[Pathfinder]

Last update 07/12/2011 10:34:00 AM (GMT+7)


Plans to block new swine flu outbreak


VietNamNet Bridge ? The Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine Department has asked relevant bodies to take measures to prevent a new strain of swine flu virus found recently in the US from entering the country.


The requirement followed an announcement by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stating that three children in the state of Iowa had been diagnosed as suffering from A /H3N1 on November 23.
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The National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology and the Pasteur Institute were asked to strengthen quarantine measures and monitor people suffering from flu, especially those from the affected area. They will also keep a close watch on pneumonia cases which were the suspected cause of the virus. No cases of the strain have been detected in the country.


The country now has vaccines for A/H3N1, H3N2 and H1N1. Health experts said that flu vaccinations were necessary because they had the potential to stop strains from mutating.


Full text:
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/soci...-outbreak.html

[sharon sanders]

Re: Vietnam - Plans to block new swine flu trH3N2

Last update 07/12/2011 10:34:00 AM (GMT+7)


Plans to block new swine flu outbreak


VietNamNet Bridge ? The Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine Department has asked relevant bodies to take measures to prevent a new strain of swine flu virus found recently in the US from entering the country.


The requirement followed an announcement by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stating that three children in the state of Iowa had been diagnosed as suffering from A /H3N1 on November 23.
...
The National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology and the Pasteur Institute were asked to strengthen quarantine measures and monitor people suffering from flu, especially those from the affected area. They will also keep a close watch on pneumonia cases which were the suspected cause of the virus. No cases of the strain have been detected in the country.


The country now has vaccines for A/H3N1, H3N2 and H1N1. Health experts said that flu vaccinations were necessary because they had the potential to stop strains from mutating.


Full text:
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/soci...-outbreak.html

Thanks Pathfinder for posting.

Vaccinations DO NOT stop flu strains from mutating.

And - no government can stop any influenza from entering a country or spreading. This is what makes influenza such a dangerous public health threat.

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Vietnam - Plans to block new swine flu trH3N2

Translation from Vietnamese

Proactive defense against new flu appears
Updated at 08:37, Wednesday, 12/07/2011 (GMT +7)

Department of Preventive Health (MOH) has the power to send the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of proactive prevention and intrusion New flu spreads in Vietnam.

The request came after the Center for Prevention and Disease Control notified the United States, at Iowa State 23-11 days of this country have found three cases of new influenza strain is identified by recombinant from strains of influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in 2009 and influenza A (H3N2) derived from pigs.

For proactive intrusion prevention and spread in Vietnam, Department of Preventive Medicine Institute requested the Hygiene and Epidemiology, Institut Pasteur strengthening activities quarantine borders, particularly those with track fever, flu syndrome from epidemic areas.

At the same time, strengthen monitoring of cluster flu, suspected cases of severe pneumonia caused by viruses in the community, particularly the monitoring of key national influenza, early detection of changes and the prevalence of micro- influenza.

http://www.baogialai.com.vn/channel/1604/201112/Chu-dong-phong-chong-dich-cum-moi-xuat-hien-2115780/