China 2008 Earthquake Aftermath, Health and Epidemic Issues

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Found no case of disaster will cause large-borne anthrax

<SMALL> May 18, 2008 </SMALL> Source: Xinhuanet

The Sichuan provincial health department deputy director of the office Jiang Tao on the 18th when interviewed by reporters said that after the earthquake disaster Wenchuan in Sichuan so far found no case would cause large-borne anthrax cases.

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The Sichuan provincial health department deputy director of the office Jiang Tao on the 18th when interviewed by reporters said that after the earthquake disaster Wenchuan in Sichuan so far found no case would cause large-borne anthrax cases.Post-disaster disease prevention be the people most concerned about the current topic.

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Community spread, Sichuan disaster found that the highly infectious anthrax.

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In response, the Office of the Sichuan health officials clarified.

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Jiang Tao said that in Sichuan Province recently discovered 57 cases of gas gangrene disease is not infectious diseases, no wound on the ordinary people will not be making any impact.

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According to Provincial Health Office of the relevant person in charge, Sichuan Province has been active post-disaster disease epidemic prevention work.

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From the May 12 earthquake, the Health Department has sent more than 10,000 of a disease epidemic prevention teams to the disaster areas to rescue and disinfection work.

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In addition, the Ministry of Health has also drawn from all parts of the country has 104 post-disaster epidemic prevention experts to post-disaster diseases at the scene, hospitals and other places for guidance.

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It is understood that from the beginning of the 18th century, was the anthrax in major disasters, the rapid spread of war. Anthrax is caused by the Bacillus anthracis herbivores of acute infectious diseases, acute infectious disease of a zoonotic. Mainly for skin ulcers and surrounding tissue necrosis extensive edema and toxemia symptoms, and occasionally lead to lung, and the meninges of the acute intestinal infection, and associated with sepsis. <!--bodyend-->

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WHO: clean water emphasis on the body's handling of the "bodies are sowing the first focus" is misunderstood Recently, the Sichuan disaster area to rescue personnel busy with the body spray disinfectant syrup to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic, this approach, the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday issued a statement, referring to victims of providing clean drinking water than deal with dead bodies Important.
WHO said in a statement: "People generally believe that body is the source of spread of the epidemic, but it is not correct." WHO said the body would not pose a threat to public health, this misconception in the crucial moment unnecessary manpower and scattered Resources.
WHO explained that the report confirmed that the disaster has never spread of the epidemic bodies, the victims are usually healthy during his lifetime, so the bodies can not become a source of the epidemic.

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On the contrary, the epidemic is more likely to come from unclean food and water. WHO believes that the unclean food and water, coupled with personal and public health facilities and arrangements for the poor, is the real source of the outbreak, and the victims in temporary accommodation overcrowding, but also increase the explosive epidemic crisis.
In addition, the Xinhua News Agency reported that the authorities concerned in the disaster area 11 to drinking water sources and water quality monitoring results indicate that, Mianzhu City and the Dujiangyan Water ammonia超标about four times the initial judgement is due to transport water and rescue the remaining areas of the indicators Qualified, with drinking water quality standards.

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Rescue first discovered the first case of spread of infectious diseases not currently

2008年05月18日17:29 　​

Reporter: I now in the hospital, discovered the first case of infectious diseases, to prevent the spread of this disease, the hospital has such a regional ad hoc, should be the first to conduct such a regional diagnosis.



Hospital president Shi Ying-kang: wound secretions can do the analysis, just five minutes.



Reporter: initial recognition of human infection of any other infectious disease. This is the hospital's gangrene patients, including family members to wear such clothes, in order to prevent sexually transmitted skin, infected wounds are required to have close contact with the time will be transmitted.

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We get together to see. He is the typical symptoms of the symptoms, swelling, skin black, blisters, edema. Doctors on the disease's condition has developed very rapidly, the weight of 12 hours will be killed, but if timely treatment can be quickly recovered. According to reports, Huaxi Hospital are not a result of infection and injury. Reminded the health sector, to avoid the forefront of rescue and rescued victims have contact with skin, to the extent possible, take effective measures to prevent disease progression. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh|en&u=http://news.qq.com/a/20080518/002785.htm

 

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Huaxi hospital in Chengdu confirmed 30 cases of gas gangrene set up isolation treatment area

2008年05月18日18:38​

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Beijing May 18 (Xinhua has Liming) China's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Disease experts said the information provided, the Huaxi hospital in Chengdu today has confirmed 30 cases of gas gangrene patients. In order to prevent the spread of the disease, the Hospital of the ad hoc regional isolation and a separate infection treatment rooms, and sent for medical treatment of sick and wounded in the area of separation for early diagnosis
According to Huaxi Hospital president said Shi Ying-kang, May 14, the hospital in the disaster areas where the sick and wounded when first discovered five cases of gas gangrene, immediately decided to set up a separate treatment of the infection has taken a strict and effective quarantine treatment , All patients in stable condition.
Experts said that gas gangrene is an infectious disease, but is not included in the national statutory infectious diseases. The disease transmitted through the wound, if not promptly after infection treatment, 12 hours, can cause serious consequences, even death. But it did not wound did not affect the ordinary people. As long as hospitals do a good job in disinfection, quarantine hospital, quarantine measures such as surgery, can prevent cross-infection.

Experts said that by testing wound secretions, just five minutes can be diagnosed the disease. At present due to Huaxi Hospital have not yet found the incidence of infection and the patients. Reminded of the health sector: to participate in the first-line rescue personnel and rescued victims as much as possible to avoid contact with skin, and to take effective disinfection measures to prevent infection.

Experts suggest that all participants in the hospital where the victims should be the establishment of infection, all from the disaster areas transferred to the sick and wounded to the beginning of a seizure, excluding gas gangrene after consultations in accordance with the situation; earthquake rescue the injured people to hospitals and doctors Special Commissioner of good wound infection, strengthen the management of wounds, tetanus anti-toxin attention to the use and special treatment of infected wounds of segregation. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080518/n256934359.shtml

 

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Victims of a strong smell settlements worrying health situation

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No water bath toilet less worrisome health

To accommodate quake victims in Wenchuan in Sichuan disaster areas near the major cities and counties have established a large number of victims in settlements.

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Reporters yesterday in Mianyang http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh|en&u=http://weather.qq.com/preend.htm?dc167.htm City Jiuzhou settlements in the Coliseum that, at present the victims of resettlement here has reached saturation point, some young victims in the proposed return home to participate in reconstruction. At present, although the victims in the corresponding supply can be guaranteed food, clothing, but the worrying state of health, settlements of medical and epidemic prevention work will face great challenges. Sports Centre filled with victims

Mianyang settlements have been saturated

Yesterday afternoon, the reporters came to Jiuzhou in Mianyang City Stadium settlements to the victims, Jiuzhou Stadium is the largest of the city of Mianyang victims of collective settlements. Into the stadium, around the stadium around the vast number of regional open space and the Museum have all the victims lived. Open space on the structures from numerous kinds of tents, each tent there have been Cypriots in the Manmandangdang. Stadium roof of the region itself, laying on the ground into a one-for-sleeping mats quilts, resettlement of the victims here or sit or lie down, pedestrian almost did not even get into both feet.
At present, there are also constantly from the North River, County and other places withdrawal from the victims arrived in Mianyang, one after another into the stadium. 16:00 around settlements headquarters issued a circular on the radio said, the current placement within the Jiuzhou Stadium to the victims has reached saturation point, but there have been the victims of the disaster areas Xiache influx of some young victims would like to return to his hometown Participation in the redevelopment, to reduce the Jiuzhou Stadium settlements pressure. Jiuzhou Stadium settlements mainly the elderly, the vulnerable women and children, opening up and provide relief.
Reporter at the scene to see, some day just from the North-Pak Nai withdrawal from the town of the victims arrived at Jiuzhou Stadium, only the external structures of new tents for resettlement.

Daily average of 1,000 victims from drugs
Medical services can be met

"Doctor, help me unless they, have a number of long packets." A young woman in the company of friends came to settlements in Mianyang City in the Chinese medicine hospital support teams, a doctor of young women in the affected area detailed in the arm After the Show, was diagnosed skin allergies, and then immediately to the affected area were spraying treatment, and then reminded to pay attention to the affected area of Health.
Jiuzhou Stadium in the settlements, like this from disaster areas around the health sector support teams to establish medical services at several dozen the number of victims as long as there is a need to go to these medical services, can be the proper treatment services. According to Chinese medicine hospital in Mianyang City support teams of doctors Shu, the last few days, they accept this service teams to visit the main victims, mainly cold, with traumatic injuries, such as swelling and silt several situations, most of them cold, the average One day to about 1,000 victims from a leading drug, as trauma and silt are swelling in the affected areas before the result came here basically have access to proper treatment.
As for the disease, and other aspects, Shu doctor said that if the current situation Once found, such as diarrhea patients, medical point immediately be transferred to the CDC in Mianyang City of service points within the sampling inspection to ensure that the prevention of infectious diseases such as dysentery Emergence and spread, the past few days, they have received very few such patients.


Not too little water bath toilet
Settlements have strong smell

Jiuzhou settlements rising number of victims, more than was originally expected the resettlement plan, in such a large number of victims, the settlements within the health situation facing a grim situation. A person to enter the stadium in the distribution of the various victims in the surrounding area films, all of the ground covered with a mat quilts, clothing Accommodations and Dining all victims of the above, the strong smell people unbearable.

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"No way, the water did not eat now, but it impossible for a bath." Kitagawa Leigu from the town of Abai Wang told reporters that the current settlements, water is still relatively tight, although some tap water supply, but so many people Generally only conditional wash the clothes, want to take a bath or a "wishful thinking."
At the same time, in settlements in the urine is also an urgent need to be effectively solved the problem, the Coliseum itself comes with the communal toilet is obviously not fully meet the needs of so many victims, although the open space within the settlements set up some simple toilet, but Tent with a few pieces of plate surrounded by a tube and into the Xiaoge, still can not fully compensate for the lack of, in the corner of the external green belts, and urine everywhere, we can see someone littering problem. Some children even let the children of parents of urine in the trash.
In order to prevent health problems caused by the disease, the settlements within the three classes a day, each carrying more than 20 people spray equipment to spray disinfectant in all regions.


Food and drinking water supply sufficient
Victims in the queue will be able to get

Such a large contingent of the victims to ensure that they can eat is the fundamental issue.
At dinner time, the reporter in the settlements of the victims gathered to see the District, Mianyang municipal government, local authorities and public enterprises will have volunteers ready for their transportation to this delicious food.
In the main entrance of the right of the ladder, a Mianyang city government workers are loaded with good cooking Dapen put down distributed to all victims.

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"Chaorou cauliflower, beans Chaorou, cucumber peanut" Every dish can smell both color勾起the appetite, rush the victims from receiving the meals is also flooded.
| In addition, there are many enterprises and public institutions spontaneous volunteers do all kinds of food delivered to a distribution of settlements, the basic guarantee the normal dietary needs of victims.
At the same time, settlements are mostly donated drinking water from bottled water, as long as victims in need, come to the distribution points can be easily obtained, but the supply is wide open. :tiphat:
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Green-breeding parasites temperature rise to epidemic prevention work crucial moment

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ZXS Green River May 18 (Xinhua Xu Changan) Wenchuan earthquake sixth day, post-disaster epidemic prevention work of the growing tension. Qingchuan Xian earthquake relief headquarters on the 18th night that the Green River disaster areas epidemic prevention work has entered a crucial moment, we must take strong measures to ensure the disaster after a large outbreak occurred.

Qingchuan Xian deputy governor of Miss Wang Zhijian, the Green-earthquake relief headquarters have sent 430 people professional vaccination teams in each county township and village in epidemic prevention, public health incidents to zero reports, the epidemic has not yet found .

Is responsible for two medical point of the Qing Chuanxian CPPCC Vice Chairman Li Shi Xue, has found that local diarrhoea patients increased, Muyu town, such as the county board Qiaoxiang township also has a number of such phenomena. Recent days, the Green River disaster areas the temperature rose, easy to breed bacteria. Li Shi of the view that some time ago to save the main, ignored the epidemic prevention work, to create opportunities for breeding parasites. Recently, the large number of victims living outdoors, public toilets increasingly serious health and epidemic prevention work. He appealed to the outside world will give the Green River to provide more mobile toilets, to meet the urgent needs solutions.


Affected by the earthquake disaster, Qingchuan Xian City water quality is not optimistic. Tanchen officials here, tap water disinfection work has not completely keep up, and city appearance of drinking water turbidity. Qingchuan Xian City earthquake caused damage to water testing equipment, to test the water quality of Guangyuan City CDC report has not yet out.

Officials also said that at present the Green River disaster area disinfected drug dose not run the hope that more such drugs and equipment assistance.

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Fear of disease, infection grows in China's quake zone

By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers

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DEYANG, China ? Last week's earthquake in Sichuan Province brought Zhang Xianghui's house down on top of her, crushing her lower right leg. Relief workers finally reached her hamlet Sunday and brought her to a hospital here. By evening, doctors had amputated her leg below the knee.
<!-- story_videobox.comp --><!-- /story_videobox.comp -->"It smelled bad," one doctor said. "She had gangrene."
Six days after a 7.9-maginitude earthquake struck China's western provinces, causing a death toll that has officially risen to 32,476 but is expected to top 50,000, doctors here are confronting a horrible reality among the ruins: many of those who survived the quake are facing conditions that still threaten their lives.
<!-- story_factbox.comp --><!-- /story_factbox.comp -->Deep infections and rotted limbs are just part of the problem. The World Health Organization is warning that China must ramp up efforts to ensure safe drinking water, adequate food and proper sanitation at camps where tens of thousands of homeless survivors fleeing from the mountains have taken refuge.
China says no disease outbreak has yet emerged from the quake zone, where 36,000 doctors, nurses and other medical personnel treat 122,252 people admitted to hospitals. Relief workers in towns leveled by the quake, wary of disease, sprayed disinfectant on rubble, and the Health Ministry voiced concern that cholera may emerge.
But conditions for such outbreaks remain ripe, and the danger in the area of the quake persists. On Sunday, at least three people died when a 6.0-maginitude aftershock struck the city of Jiangyou.
"The main needs now are water, sanitation and food. Ensuring supply of food and safe drinking water and trying to restore good sanitation are critical because these are the basic transmission routes for communicable diseases," said Dr Hans Troedsson, the WHO chief in China.
More than 15 million houses collapsed in Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan and Hubei provinces, and 5.7 million people were evacuated, a WHO statement said.
China announced three days of national mourning to begin Monday with a three-minute silence at 2:28 p.m. local time (2:28 a.m. EDT), exactly a week after the quake struck Sichuan. Air raid sirens will sound, as well as horns of vehicles, trains and ships.
For the first time in China's modern history, national flags are ordered to fly at half-staff. Authorities said the Olympic torch relay would also be suspended for three days.
President Hu Jintao expressed gratitude for the arrival of international aid and noted that "relief is still a grim struggle, the task is arduous and time is pressing."
Two U.S. military C-17 aircraft landed in Chengdu, the Sichuan capital, carrying 15,000 meals, tents, blankets, lanterns, generators and hand tools. The planes came from Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. The state Xinhua news agency said the supplies were worth $1.6 million, and marked the first donation by a foreign military.
Several buried victims were dug out alive Sunday, Xinhua said.
One man, Tang Xiong, was conscious and had cuts and bruises when he was found in Beichuan county north of Chengdu 139 hours after the quake, it reported.
Even so, attention appeared to be turning from rescue efforts to the mounting problems of homeless survivors.
At the Jiuzhou sports stadium in Mianyang, a city in the flatlands west of the quake's epicenter, thousands of survivors camped on blankets in the stadium's corridors and in blue tents on its periphery.
The Sichuan New Online website said tens of thousands of homeless people huddled in appalling conditions in the quake-stricken town of Maoxian, badly in need of assistance.
Streams of survivors, some carrying all the belongings they could scrounge from the rubble of their homes, were walking toward the lowlands.
Despite mounting challenges, doctors at the 800-bed Deyang People's Hospital said they were weary but thankful for arriving teams of additional medical personnel.
"We have more support from other hospitals," said hospital Director Zhao Luping.
The atmosphere in tents scattered around the hospital grounds to deal with the overflow 1,300 patients, and in the wards, appeared surprisingly resilient.
Xiao Zeyi, a 45-year-old farmer from the village of Sanjiang, was at his wife's side when an air force rescue team brought them into the hospital in the afternoon. Xiao's 43-year-old wife moaned on her bed, her amputated leg under a blanket.
"She's very strong," Xiao said. "We feel very lucky. It is good we are still alive."
Xiao was out in the open air working in fields when the quake struck with such devastating force that his village was virtually wiped out.
"It's all destroyed. We can never go back," Xiao said.
The hospital's deputy director, Zhang Biao, said he's concerned that Xiao's family, like many quake survivors, will face psychological crises once the reality of the calamity sinks in.
"It will take time for them to feel really sad. They are still in the emergency room. They are still numb," Zhang said.:tiphat: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/37536.html

 

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13 million poultry died, immunization severe disaster areas (1)

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Source: Hong Kong Wen Wei Po
Integrated media reported on the 18th: After the earthquake, epidemic prevention work of the disaster areas without delay.According to the Ministry of Agriculture official on the 18th that as at present, Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan five provinces (municipalities) have affected 13 million poultry died, including Sichuan province hardest hit city in six animal deaths Avian 12340000. Disaster areas zoonotic disease prevention and control situation is very grim. The World Health Organization warned that the outbreak is likely to disaster areas. Russian national immunization division chief satisfied that the root quarter. Onyango first Division reminded the disaster areas should pay attention to preventing infections plague, Russia would be willing to provide China with the prevention of human infection with the vaccine for the plague.
The Ministry of Agriculture official said that the recent Ministry of Agriculture will organize Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Henan, Guangdong, Shandong province transferred six professional and technical personnel, the establishment of six reserve, a total of 120 people directly under the Ministry of reserve units set up 130 people, one after another Rushed to the disaster areas to safe disposal and disinfection of the environment.At the same time, continue to organize redeployment of disinfection, such as emergency vaccination of drug supplies, preparations for the 1,000 tons of disinfectants again, 100 tons of insecticide rodenticides, will be transferred to the disaster areas


May 17, the People's Liberation Army healthcare staff in Dujiangyan Zipingpu Reservoir Aba aluminum plant quarantine terminal disinfection.

On the epidemic in high-risk post-disaster period

Onyango first branches in an interview with RIA-Novosti News Agency said the earthquake disaster prone to plague, in the mountains of central Asia is the plague of natural foci of the earthquake after local residents without shelter, some people directly exposed to nature, Increased the possibility of the plague threat.
In addition, the World Health Organization warned that the earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan outbreak is likely. WHO representative in China, issued a statement that Hanzhuo or, now need to do a good job in disaster areas of health, and to help provide clean water and food, so as to avoid infectious diseases. Disaster areas currently lack access to safe drinking water and proper waste disposal, temporary accommodation premises cramped living environment, which will contribute to the outbreak of the disease. A WHO official said that the main threat is not decomposed bodies of victims of the disaster areas, but the water was contaminated as well as temporary shelters of the crowded conditions. Generally speaking, this type of disaster occurred after around 10 days to 30 days between the outbreak of the epidemic is the high-risk period. WHO is in close contact with the Chinese Ministry of Health, to provide the necessary assistance. In addition, Hanzhuo or that the Beijing government face huge logistical supply and sanitation challenges to deal with properly.

May 17 earthquake disaster in the town of Jinhua in Mianzhu City in Sichuan Province, a rescue soldiers with guns aimed at a dog has to eat the dead bodies. In the earthquake-stricken area to prevent the spread of disease and as the authorities attached great importance to the work.

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Sichuan officials have not clarified anthrax

So far, the earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan found no major outbreaks of infectious diseases and public health emergencies. Sichuan disaster for the spread of the highly infectious anthrax found in Sichuan officials clarified. The Sichuan provincial health department deputy director of the office on the 18th that Jiang Tao, Sichuan Province so far found no case would cause large-borne anthrax cases. Jiang Tao said that in Sichuan Province recently discovered 57 cases of gas gangrene disease is not infectious diseases, the wound did not affect the ordinary people will not. According to the Second Military Medical University rescue team headquarters, on the 16th team in Xiushui county town of Sichuan to rule out a suspected outbreak of infectious diseases. It is learnt that the Xiushui Town revealed that the two suspected patients of infectious diseases, local ambulance officers have isolated two patients, the diagnosis by the expert group, confirmed the general gastro-intestinal infection, subsided caused panic among the masses.

However, the Ministry of Health on the 17th admits that the disaster areas have large-scale outbreak of the epidemic danger. China's national CDC deputy director Hou Pei-sen said, "At present the Ministry of Health has made clear to the disaster areas epidemic prevention work, especially the environmental disaster areas and epidemic prevention work as a body dealing with the aftermath of the disaster area the top priority." As of May 17, the Ministry of Health from Zhejiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Henan, and transferred 60 disease prevention and control departments for vehicles, rushed to the disaster areas vaccination. It is reported that so far, the Ministry of Health has sent 5,530 medical health personnel, the mobilization of 550 ambulances and medical teams to disaster areas has covered every county, township and achieve full coverage of medical treatment.

60-wide immunization coverage to the disaster areas

It is learnt that the Sichuan victims of the earthquake more than 28,000 bodies have been civilian, health and epidemic prevention joint disaster areas rescue teams to focus on the coordination of more than 10,000.

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Sichuan Province, deputy director of the Home Office recently said that Chen Kefu, in order to avoid long home decomposed bodies of the disaster caused by the epidemic, more serious damage, difficult to distinguish between identity of the body, will also take pictures after the filing, as soon as possible to focus on. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h....com/news/gb/china/2008/05/200805190649.shtml

 

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The World Health Organization (WHO) urged China on Sunday to be wary of disease outbreaks in the aftermath of a strong earthquake that hit the country's southwest region on May 12.

"Continuing surveillance is extremely important," Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the UN agency, told Xinhua in an interview.

"Early warning through very good disease surveillance systems is the only way to help you to pick up and diagnose early trouble so that you can mobilize health care workers to deal with the issue," she said.

Chan also spoke highly of the Chinese government's quick and effective response to the disaster.

"We are very much impressed by the very quick response, and we'd like to encourage them to continue," she said.

The WHO has worked very closely with the Chinese government and will continue to stand ready to help and support its disaster relief efforts, she added. :tiphat:

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Epidemic / Wenchuan disaster areas diarrhea and flu patients with more dog bites
- four Chuan Wenchuan the sixth day after the earthquake on the 18th, colds, diarrhea and patients with more dog bites, Sichuan, the local CDC has dispatched more support immunization teams started epidemic prevention in the disaster areas.

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"Funeral home" dogs temperament changed Luanyao people​

"Beijing News" reported that the 36-year-old Town of Wenchuan County Xuan Liu Guijun villagers on the 14th was not the main dog bites, because the wound is not deep, busy with post-disaster reconstruction, he has declined any treatment. In addition, Hainan Frontier Corps Hospital field hospital medical staff on the 17th, at their May 14 to enter the town of Longchi Dujiangyan City, the disaster areas, he Jiezhen Pigouyaoshang a lot of the victims.

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Because of limited time only for debridement treatment.
Beijing Military Region General Hospital, Dr. Li Yunjun said the owner to leave their homes after the earthquake, the dog will Hunbushoushe, they flow around nervous all day, resulting in temperament changed, very offensive. He suggested that the victims of travel, should be prepared sticks to beware of dog bites.

Patients with diarrhea caused by dirty drinking water increased​

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The General Hospital of Beijing Military Region, Hainan Frontier Corps Hospital, and other multi-Xuan Town in the field hospital set up, closing at noon on the 18th has Jiezhen colds, diarrhea patients with more than 100 people.
After the earthquake, Xuan Town Village Lee Wa Yao throat pain for six days. Because of the lack of drug treatment, her attendance before any of the Meichi cold medicines, and the village of Mr. Zhao with the six-year-old boy, also more than diarrhea after the earthquake, with the village there are more than diarrhea.
Beijing Military Region General Hospital, a field hospital on the 18th Jiezhen records show that more than 200 patients in treatment, diarrhea, flu patients accounted for more than 30%. A hospital doctor said that the disaster areas multiple diseases such as diarrhea, and after the earthquake of unclean drinking water and environment-related.
Chengdu, the local epidemic prevention, disaster areas on the 18th again on the living areas, toilets, ditches and other corner, repeatedly spraying syrup disinfection. Swirling in the living areas of operations of the Town of Chengdu Wuhou Qu Health CDC medical staff said they had launched a disaster area epidemic prevention work, have not yet found any epidemic.

Zhatu good graves after the closure of lime shaman​

It is understood that the Town of Wenchuan County Xuan, water Town township, such as disaster areas buried the bodies of excavation work is still underway. Dug up the bodies on the 18th have been wearing masks rescue team into sacks, quickly carried the heavy goods vehicles equipped with lime. The bodies were carried mountainside, rescue workers digging them Add to advance good graves. Then, once again to the corpse sprinkled a layer of lime. When used properly Zhatu closure graves, and rescue personnel in Fentouduishang shaman lime.

More than 10,000 earthquake victims in the former surplus grain on the maintenance​

Up to 18, rescue teams have three to the town of Wenchuan County Shuimo Town landslides sections of a three-day repair. According to a four-hour walk from the Town escaped the three victims, trapped in the town of more than 10,000 victims of the earthquake alone before the current surplus grain and drank the muddy mountain spring of life, life is extremely scarce supplies. Before they escaped, only a small number of troops rescue personnel entered the town.

营救路段多处塌方​

Various sections of cave-rescue​

At present, the road leading to the three Town, the only three-way Xuan, Xuan Wenchuan County Town 3 Town to the road. At 16:00 on the 18th, when the General Hospital of Beijing Military Region Hua Yi Wei Shuimo medical relief team arrived in town when he was on duty in the cave section of the town mayor Luo Ji, stopped inform, to the three Town Shuimo town 12 km long section , Have taken place in at least seven or eight landslides. Zuo Zhenchang, May 12 earthquake, landslides occurred after the road has not been able to open to traffic. 14 relief and rescue teams began on the afternoon of repair, but when to open up the road is still unclear.
Beijing Military Region General Hospital at 16:00 on the 18th organized by a 10 from the orthopedic department, and other physicians, deputy director of the commandos, Beiqi equipped with medical equipment backpacks, walk to the Town of three. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...cc/society_focus/200805/t20080519_781694.html

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Post-disaster housing mites are victims of invasion and secondary infection symptoms appear

2008年05月19日16:46 金羊网-羊城晚报 评论0条​

Post-disaster housing mites are victims of invasion and secondary infection in skin allergies, herpes, diarrhea and other symptoms Chen Xiaoxuan correspondent reports: a full day yesterday, from Guangzhou Chi Yuan Mianzhu of Sichuan, three in Guangzhou 120 emergency vehicles, carrying medical experts volunteer service teams, a village next to a village land to victims Songyisongyao. Xinjirufen medical experts said, most victims of a skin allergies, herpes, diarrhea and other symptoms, these are a sign of the epidemic, we must do a good job in sanitation and epidemic prevention.
Ambulance to!" Yesterday, loaded with drugs ambulance reached the disaster area villages. Each to a village, and India into the eye of only a Canyuanduanbi the ruins, can not see a full house. Most of the villagers who tents at home, seriously injured in the earthquake disaster, has been transferred to the county hospital, the rear trauma are more subject to the villagers, the elderly, children, women mostly.


"Fail water so many days, we have not Cashen point of water." Due to hot weather, victims who wound not promptly treated, many wounds have emerged redness, suppuration, and other symptoms. The majority of the children, who are mostly from the long red lump, a more serious skin rashes, chicken pox.

Subsidiary of Sun Yat-sen University Hospital physician Liu Jianping, deputy director pointed out that the collapse of the post-disaster housing contains a lot of dust mites are, Piaosan in the air. In hot weather, the bad microbes in the environment more easily breeding and breeding, due to disasters later dropped the resistance can easily create secondary infection.

According to statistics, Guangdong yesterday youth volunteer medical teams to rural areas earthquake relief assistance of a total of about 700 people. Zuique the current anti-mite pest, anti-allergic, anti-fungal drugs, and so on. :tiphat:
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Disaster areas in the diagnosis of other unidentified medical team and were transferred to the rural Geng

2008年05月19日16:44 金羊网-新快报 评论0条​

Disaster areas in the diagnosis of skin diseases of unknown

Yingxiuwan part of the medical team from the town and were transferred to the rural Geng

战地日记​

Field diary Reporter Liao Huai-ling, correspondents Quan Liu Liang, Li Shaobin reported: in front of the medical team back to the information disclosed that the current disaster areas is of major diseases traumatic with infection, diarrhea, flu and other diseases, the epidemic in some parts of the skin Disease, are unable to diagnosis, only temporary symptomatic treatment.

她让我感触多​

She let me feel more

"Today the town early in the morning we went to Mianzhu to participate in relief work, almost every day of the remote, lack of medical treatment of the villages, a total of six health care, for the vegetable fields to sleep around more than 500 victims in the diagnosis and treatment. Major 10 diseases traumatic infection. Diarrhea, colds, skin diseases, and so on, two cases of fracture, respectively, and the collie's right femur fracture, the initial treatment they have been rushed to local hospital. Although we do not have Ganxieshime earthshaking , But we see the victims were from the distant Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong's medical staff for them to Songyisongyao by showing the gratitude of the heart are very comforting. "Chungshan Institute Professor Chen Lingwu a 22:20 last night Back to text message.

Chen Ling Wu, a 50-year-old attending to the victims of his feelings a lot. She was not injured, only heart discomfort, insomnia, anxiety, unconsciously to keep the tears tell the new building houses collapsed, the tragic loss of their loved ones. Her new house is in our clinics established by the opposite point, the doctors repeatedly comfort her: believe that the party, I believe the Government, I believe that the tireless efforts of people throughout the country, the house will soon be rebuilt.

The minds of some "unpleasant"

At 20:30, the fourth branch of the medical team to Chun-Hua Yang: "Yesterday, we did not carry out the actual work of the ambulance, the hearts of some players unhappy. At night after midnight, a sudden strong wind blowing a while, bear Then two more than six aftershocks, we observe several members of the pharmaceutical equipment warehouse, Zhijue kept piling up tents and things kept shaking! We have not clarified how the case, since the heavy rain on the next two tents Linking Lou Yu Department, a team sleeping bags and medicines were Dashi!?? Today, we changed yesterday, beating the passive situation, take the initiative to attack, Bingfenlianglu, all the way under the township, staying all the way, the size of results, we Today, not only diagnosis and treatment of a number of injuries, also rescued from a below-the patients! "

At 21:00, reached the fourth instalment of Dr. Ma Jun, return: "Gangkai End will be assigned tasks and asked not stay tomorrow, we no one raised their hands, to strongly request to front-line, people have not been set." :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh|en&u=http://news.qq.com/a/20080519/003777.htm

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Disease / disaster area many of the remains buried or contaminated water sources

星岛环球网www.stnn.cc​

Sing Tao Global Network www.stnn.cc
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通常尸体要经过多层处理然后深埋，否则会造成水源的污染。​

Usually the bodies to go through multi-processing and then buried, or will cause water pollution. But many corpses were hastily buried villagers, some buried very shallow.
"Nanfang Dushi Bao" reported, although all the disaster areas have continued to control the epidemic, but the danger but still lurking in the disaster areas, disaster areas throughout the enormous pressure of widespread vaccination, missing, missing drugs, lack resettlement conditions, the whole situation of epidemic prevention Xuman such as a water dam, the slightest mistake, such as the potential flood.
Town Commissioner of the Green River in a 2000 human settlements, many villagers grow on the red and blisters, said immunization is eczema and herpes, because of hot weather and health conditions of the poor. Local doctors said, "We also found that some gastro-intestinal diseases and Hong Yanbing, have been reported to the command."

关庄镇的灾民都集中在一个用油布搭成的帐篷里，一张床连着一张床，从东河口小学逃出来的47名孤儿，也住在帐篷里，卫生条件极差。​

Town Commissioner of the victims are concentrated in the Dacheng one with tarpaulin tent, a bed attached with a bed, from east to the mouth of the primary escaped 47 orphans, living in tents, poor sanitary conditions. "Once the outbreak of infectious diseases, will soon be transmitted" from the Nanchang University Fuyuan the first medical team captain Zhang Jian said, "people can not concentrate in one place, the field should be evacuated."
However, the evacuation of victims has not been officially launched, the situation in the affected disaster areas of the township is not very clear, many township also lost contact with the outside world in the state, take a few days and nights Zouchudashan and the villagers continue to be concentrated in the county and centres Cities, but on the local conditions are very poor. Mianyang City Jiuzhou Stadium has 20,000 people on average there is one person per square metre, the victims were Xideerwo, although the Government has made the greatest efforts, but the vaccination situation is not optimistic.
And whether the body of water pollution will take some days to be revealed. After the bodies are usually disinfection, to be buried in the Tai Hang shop at the bottom of a layer of lime, then placed the bodies, Zaiwang spreading ballast on the bodies of disinfectant powder, then covered the top of lime.But many corpses were hastily buried villagers, some buried very shallow.
In a very long time, the epidemic prevention work can not be relaxed.

除此​

In addition, the emergency post-disaster disease surveillance system to be immediately established. Timely detection through monitoring to health and other public health problems symptoms of a timely response to avoid harm to expand. Public health professionals have to go to a disaster area, every town, street ongoing health assessment of water, to assess the health situation, assess the health needs of victims and medical needs, to organize effective health relief.
As the World Health Organization representative in China, Dr. Han Zhuosheng said, the quake occurred after the 2-3 days, the most urgent thing is to search for survivors and treat the injured, in the ensuing days or weeks, the focus should be to prevent Outbreak of infectious diseases.

防疫是地震之后的一场持久战。​

Immunization is a protracted war after the earthquake.
The hardest hit Qingchuan Xian, from the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi'an of the three vehicles Xiao Sha has entered, more than 300 sprayers have started work, Qingchuan Xiaosha drugs also made the three-day reserves;
Beichuan County, focus on large-scale vaccination from at 9:00 on the 17th started.

专业防疫人员身着连体式防护服、戴着N95口罩、手套、胶鞋分散到全城。​

Immunization professional staff dressed in twin-protective clothes and wearing N95 masks, gloves and shoes scattered throughout the city. The focus on disease prevention bodies in storage, garbage dump, the living area.

除了喷洒消毒水，还要喷洒广谱杀虫剂和滞留性杀虫剂进行虫媒消杀。​

In addition to spraying Xiaodu Shui, but also broad-spectrum pesticides and spraying of pesticides to insect stranded Xiaosha.
Dujiangyan City: Dujiangyan City on the 16th of disease control work full swing, hand-fixed-point package. Town of irrigation of about 17,000 victims, a total of 18 victims in settlements, the Chongqing section, responsible for the disease control staff have to spend two days the time the end of this section, and they are paid to do drugs and appliances, disinfection, the Community cadres responsible for the use of disinfectant sprayers, and requested the establishment of their disease control management system, epidemic prevention staff for Area.
In Dujiangyan City, some people began 50 Cent masks; reporters the same day in an interview to the Mindanao Rural, where the only secondary school buildings collapsed, carried the day the bodies were immediately sprayed on the high concentration, the smell of disinfectant, crying and shouting days The children's parents were not allowed to touch the remains.

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Mianzhu: Urban to the Han Wang Zhen, the Qing Ping Zhen area can be seen along the army carrying the whole barrel Xiaodu Shui, the road to the shanty towns, housing landslide area disinfected.

距绵竹市区约半小时车距的汉旺村，全村90%以上房屋垮塌。​

Mianzhu away from the urban area of about half an hour the Han Wang Cun distance between vehicles, more than 90 percent of the village housing meltdown.

在村中学内，外地来支援的防疫人员正在用专门仪器检测水井中的水质。​

At the village school, to support the immunization field staff is using specialized equipment detected in the water wells.

?只有检测合格了，才可以饮用?。​

"Only qualified the test before they can drink." :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...cc/society_focus/200805/t20080519_781899.html

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

The only health and epidemic prevention teams to the People's Liberation Army Wang Zhen-based helicopter transfer station
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This reporter learned that, according to earthquake relief headquarters orders: at 16:30 on the 18th, Kunming General Hospital Mianzhu medical team sent five military medical Configuration of the Navy marine brigade landing Mianzhu Han Wang Zhen Tianchi the hardest hit, the helicopter opened casualty transit station . Tianchi transit Qingping Rural Township and hit the wounded, the elderly, women and children, and the team immediately to the disaster areas epidemic monitoring and health and epidemic prevention work.It is understood that the medical team is the only one PLA's health and epidemic prevention unit:tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080519/n256952584.shtml

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Has more than 13,000 people to Wenchuan implementation of the earthquake-stricken area for Disease Control and Prevention

2008年05月19日18:05​

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Alert: more than 13,000 passengers have to Wenchuan implementation of the earthquake-stricken area for Disease Control and Prevention
-- News: Vice-Governor of Sichuan Province Cheng-Yun Li on the 19th afternoon, more than 13,000 people have been rushed to the earthquake-stricken Wenchuan the implementation of disease prevention and control of the disaster areas to strengthen the monitoring of the epidemic, infectious diseases and implementation of the report and the reporting system .:tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080519/n256957853.shtml

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

China says quake killed 12.5 million farm animals

8:15PM Monday May 19, 2008
BEIJING - China says the devastating earthquake killed 12.5 million farm animals and wrecked vegetable crops and irrigation systems needed to grow rice.

According to the Agriculture Ministry, more than 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of vegetables and more than 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of wheat were destroyed.
The ministry said Monday damage to irrigation systems could prevent farmers from growing rice on as much as 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of rice paddies. But it said that land might be used for alternative crops while the damage is repaired.
In comments reported by the official Xinhua News Agency, Wei Chao'an, a deputy agriculture minister, said most of the farm animals killed were poultry.:tiphat: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10511172

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

May 19, 2008>> Text Time: 17:54:00

Social prevent the outbreak of the epidemic - the Chinese Air Force sent the third batch of vaccination teams


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Mianzhu in the disaster areas, the epidemic prevention unit has more than 50,000 square meters on the environment deal with the implementation of Mie Wenying, more than 10,000 square meters in key areas for disinfection, 14 points respectively for air quality monitoring and health food hygiene supervision.
Meanwhile, the epidemic prevention unit for 12,000 officers and men of the masses for Disease Prevention and Health Education, Health and Disease Prevention of earthquake rescue brochure. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...news/gd_20080519/200805/t20080519_782208.html

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Department of Health immunization disaster area disinfected water department reinforcements News of the earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan - the bodies decomposed, vulnerable to water pollution, contagious diseases, fear imminent, the number of government departments including the Department of Health, Hospital Authority, the Water Supplies Department, on the 2nd to last today sent a contingent of nearly 30 people To the disaster areas to help the disaster areas disinfection quarantine, to solve water supply and public health issues. One professor from the University of Hong Kong-Ho  led by three infection control expert group has taken the lead in starting yesterday, another group of today's medical team will support the local hospital to cope with the large number of seriously injured victims.
9 people Shengsiweibo
In addition, up to yesterday, there are still nine people who are in Sichuan, no Yinxin, Shengsiweibo.

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As for Baoping An earlier in the affected areas of newlyweds a pair of Hong Kong Police, yesterday again lost contact with the outside world, but it is estimated only two on their way on foot to Chengdu, should not be affected much.
Deputy Director of Health Dr Tam said, yesterday received the request additional manpower to carry out disinfection of the earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan epidemic prevention work. The SAR Government has decided to send a contingent of 10 people, including two Health Department doctors, the department and the Water Supplies Department, the disaster areas to assist in handling the bodies, to solve drinking water sources and sanitation problems, is expected to start yesterday or today.
Medical team expected to stay 10 days -
HA has also sent 19 people to the medical team, in two batches to the disaster areas. One professor from the University of Hong Kong-Ho  led by three infection control expert group starting yesterday, the second batch of a total of 16 health care workers, including orthopaedic surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses, from Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital accident and emergency departments in charge of Liu Chu Zhao led to Chengdu to join the local doctors in the local rescue the injured. Liu Chu-chiu on many occasions to participate in foreign aid, including tsunami, medical team is expected to stay in the 7-to 10.
Oxfam and the United Nations Children's Fund yesterday were concerned about the disaster areas or because of unclean drinking water or other health problems caused infectious diseases, Oxfam will provide relief supplies, including mobile toilets, drug treatment of diseases, clean water, face masks, women health Supplies. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...=http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080519/gag2.htm
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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Sichuan earthquake disaster areas in six cities killed livestock and poultry 12340000
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May 18 - According to the Ministry of Agriculture site, according to statistics, as at present, Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan five provinces (municipalities) quake killed livestock and poultry in the affected 13 million (only), city, The county, township veterinary institutions buildings, laboratories damaged area of 548,000 square meters. Sichuan province hardest hit six cities in livestock and poultry deaths 12.34 million, of which 810,000 live pigs.After the disaster, the Ministry of Agriculture respond quickly and adopted a series of positive and effective prevention and control measures.

May 18, the Ministry of Agriculture Minister Zheng Sun before the meeting to relay and study the State Council earthquake relief headquarters spirit of the meeting, the deployment of further study agriculture earthquake relief work. The meeting analyzed the current agricultural disaster situation, the emphasis should zoonotic disease prevention and control as the current most urgent and important work, and effectively implement them well.
After the disaster, the Ministry of Agriculture respond quickly and adopted a series of positive and effective prevention and control measures.

First, timely deployment of a major disaster area zoonotic disease prevention and control work. May 12 earthquake disaster, Zheng Sun Minister of the night before an emergency meeting of the Organization of the earthquake relief work to make arrangements, in particular stressed the need to strengthen zoonotic disease prevention and control of major disaster areas to achieve the "five strengthened, to ensure a ", That is to strengthen the death of livestock and poultry processing sound, and strengthen environmental disinfection, and strengthen disease surveillance, strengthen the immune disaster, strengthening quarantine and supervision, to ensure that no major disaster zoonotic disease, and major animal disease outbreak. Sent by the State Chief Veterinary Officer of the expert group headed to the front line of disaster areas, tracking guide safe disposal and disinfection work out the source. The establishment of people regularly scheduled emergency contact mechanism and timely solutions to the disaster areas facing the practical difficulties and problems. Second, the emergency deployment of disinfecting medicines, equipment and other immunization supplies. Disaster areas in urgent need for disinfection, and other drugs, the establishment of the emergency supplies ahead of supply mechanism. Ensure that they are "required, the number allocated to ensure supply." Has organized more than 40 disinfectants, medical equipment manufacturers, overtime production, the epidemic prevention work to ensure that the needs of the disaster areas.

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Up to now, the Ministry of Agriculture has allocated 383 tons of disinfectants disaster areas, 50 tons of insecticide rodenticides, 13,420 Taiwanese mobile disinfection equipment, 23,750 Taiwan manually operated disinfection, 100 tents. Third, the sound of livestock died in the disaster areas of treatment and disinfection work. Sichuan Provincial veterinary departments in developing disaster areas safe disposal and disinfection work programme implementation. Organized by the Sichuan Agricultural University, Southwest University for Nationalities, Sichuan Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, and other units of the 107 vaccination teams that were dispatched to the Dujiangyan, Sichuan, and other North Mianzhu and the hardest hit, carried out disinfection and safe disposal work. The fourth is to strengthen disease surveillance and epidemiological investigation. The current disaster surrounding areas and disaster monitoring to expand the number of animal survival, to detect and remove hidden dangers epidemic. Infected timely disposal of livestock, livestock products ensure food safety. The timely development of meta-analysis of animal epidemic situation, risk assessment, early warning information released. The fifth is to strengthen disaster epidemic prevention knowledge publicity. Experts prepared an emergency, "the earthquake disaster prevention and control of animal diseases publicity wall charts," "Streptococcus disease prevention and control knowledge Handbook" and "highly pathogenic blue ear pig disease prevention and control wall charts" and other promotional materials sent to the affected areas. China's animal epidemic prevention organizations control center, and other units set up special columns on the Internet, the topic publicity zoonotic disease prevention and control knowledge. Experts also organized the Central People's Broadcasting Station system for earthquake disaster prevention and control of zoonotic disease technical seminars. Sixth, strengthen the sector and regional coordination. Coordination with the Ministry of Health to establish a mechanism to strengthen epidemic prevention information exchange, sharing of disinfecting medicines, medical equipment, such as immunization supplies. Organization of Hubei, Henan, Sichuan provinces surrounding the nearest veterinary sector in helping and supporting mechanism.

The meeting held that the current zoonotic disease prevention and control situation is very grim. Recently the Ministry of Agriculture to strengthen the disaster areas around the zoonotic disease prevention and control, mainly in the following five tasks: First, to carry out disinfection and safe disposal work. Organization of Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Henan, Guangdong, Shandong province transferred six professional and technical personnel, the establishment of six reserve, a total of 120 people directly under the Ministry of reserve units set up 130 people, one after another rushed to the disaster areas to safe disposal and the environment Disinfection. The second is to continue to allocate disinfection drug organizations, such as emergency vaccination materials. I once again the Department of preparations for the 1,000 tons of disinfectants, rodenticides 100 tons of insecticide, will be transferred to the disaster areas. The third is to do a better job sudden epidemic emergency preparedness. Organization experts to the affected areas may arise in the epidemic risk analysis, develop contingency plans, to technical, material and personnel ready. Fourth, do a really good job of Animal Epidemic Prevention.

严防疫情发生。​

Strengthening immunization, monitoring, safe disposal and disinfection, and prevent the epidemic. Immune do a good job to ensure that immunity density and quality, improve the livestock and poultry immunity. For the disaster areas to change the ecological environment, the proliferation of a number of pathogenic microorganisms, the threat to the health of livestock, effectively enhance disease surveillance. Strengthen the management of vaccination and do a good job Quanshe disinfection, and security equipment, such as birds, control the epidemic spread. Strengthen supervision and quarantine to prevent the dead animal into the market to ensure the safety of animal health products.

五是做好灾区灭鼠工作。​

Fifth, do a good job in disaster areas eradication of rats. I organized by the Department of experts developed the "earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan rodent prevention and control programmes", in the Sichuan Provincial Office, and other relevant departments to implement emergency disaster areas and the surrounding areas to monitor and combat rodent measures, such as special arrangements for 5.42 million of emergency funding to ensure that the anti-rat The work carried out smoothly. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080518/n256934771.shtml

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Extremely long article. I will posts snippets.
hat-tip Treyfish

2008-05-19 11:06:39 Source: Nanfang Dushi Bao Author: South-red abalone Xiaodong Lin Jinsong Hongyan Yang Xiaohong Qin Xiao Haikun Zhongyue Dong Chen Liang Yu Wei Wang Wei Jun, Li Yuantao Zhuzhuo

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WHO experts said that the quake occurred after two or three days, the epidemic prevention work should focus on doing a good job. In the disaster areas, due to the lack of manpower, lack of drugs and resettlement conditions in many parts of the immunization situation is very urgent - many orphans and survivors may face an outbreak of infectious disease threats in order to prevent possible epidemic, many parents have been prohibited contact The victims children.

"If you do not buried as soon as possible, there is a hidden danger to endemic infectious diseases, which is a cruel reality, but we must face."

-- CDC Zhu Xiaoping in Sichuan Province, "today sent not the states do not, we have come up with some expired medicines used disinfection."

-- Wenchuan County CDC Director Chen Hong "Now the hot weather, placement, has a lot of patients. Regardless of the epidemic will not happen, but we must think of. Next, vaccination is the biggest problem."

-- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Professor Zhang Jian "Once the outbreak of infectious diseases, will soon be transmitted, victims can not be concentrated in one place, the field should be evacuated."
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Sichuan Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Center of acute communicable disease control and prevention Zhu Xiaoping, director of anxious to say: "If we do not buried as soon as possible, there is a hidden danger to endemic diseases", "This is a cruel reality, but we must face" . "To control the 'big disaster the epidemic,' the emergence of a basic principle is that the sooner the body with less harm."
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However, the disasters caused by heavy concentration of deaths, far beyond the conventional capacity. Cremation usually can not do now, and there are many parts of the crematorium Pizhen collapsed.
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CDC deputy director of the county, relief supplies is extremely lacking in the case, unable to protect health, but basically can be done to the deceased's body the first time for disinfection and cremation. Is yet found in the Green River rubella, respiratory infections and diarrhea, dysentery and other intestinal infectious diseases.
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At least 30 electric sprayer in the east of Jiang Jian gathering place. Quarantine officers at the scene began preparing Xiaodu Shui. White powder available chlorine disinfection of more than 50%, vaccination of water from the Jian Jiang modulation syrup. Jian clear turquoise waters and the post-earthquake devastated the county seat of the strong contrast. Involved in fighting the epidemic prevention, deputy master of Henan CDC-Bian Lee said that warming has accelerated the bodies decomposed, the breeding ground for various bacteria, Jian river will be affected, can not drink the water here, nor can be used to wash their hands, but the preparation of disinfection Syrup no big problem, only to increase the concentration of syrup.


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"This situation, the possibility of the epidemic in a very high" number of the Guangdong team of medical experts on the local epidemic prevention is even more worried. They said that the bodies were soaking rain, then the event of high temperatures, very perishable produce germs.
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Town Commissioner of the victims are concentrated in a tarpaulin Dacheng with the tent, a bed attached with a bed, from east to the mouth of the primary escaped 47 orphans, living in tents, poor sanitary conditions. "Once the outbreak of infectious diseases, will soon be transmitted" from the Nanchang University Fuyuan the first medical team captain Zhang Jian said. "Victims can not be concentrated in one place, the field should be evacuated."

However, the evacuation of victims has not been officially launched, the situation in the affected disaster areas of the township is not very clear, many township also lost contact with the outside world in the state, and take a few days and nights Zouchudashan the villagers continue to be concentrated in the county and centres Cities, but on the local conditions are very poor. Mianyang City Sports Centre on the Jiuzhou 20,000 people per square meter on average one out of people, victims were Xideerwo, although the Government has made the greatest efforts, but the vaccination situation is not optimistic.
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In a very long time, the epidemic prevention work can not be relaxed. In addition, the emergency post-disaster disease surveillance system to be immediately established. To the timely discovery by monitoring health and other public health problems symptoms of a timely response to avoid harm to expand. Public health professionals have to go to a disaster area, every town, street ongoing health assessment of water, to assess the health situation, assess the health needs of victims and medical needs, to organize effective health relief.

As the World Health Organization representative in China, Dr. Han Zhuosheng said, the quake occurred after the 2-3 days, the most urgent thing is to search for survivors and treat the injured, in the ensuing days or weeks, the focus should be to prevent Outbreak of infectious diseases.

Immunization is a protracted war after the earthquake.

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