Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 22 children in Fuyang City
Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 22 children in Fuyang City
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The Ministry of Health: Hand, Foot and mouth disease epidemic in some areas or by
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[Xinhuanet 2005 - China news agency reported, the Chinese Ministry of Health issued today "in Fuyang, Anhui Province on the hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic situation briefing." Informed that the CPC Central Committee and State Council leaders of the Anhui Fuyang hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic attached great importance to the important instructions on many occasions, and held a special meeting to study the deployment. Local governments at all levels and actively deal with the health sector, has taken various measures, to treat patients, efforts to control mortality, and achieved initial results. Communications also pointed out that for some time to some areas in China's hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic may also be increased.
Fuyang, Anhui Province had reported 3,321 cases of 22 patients who died cured 1112
The Ministry of Health reported that since March this year, Fuyang City in Anhui Province have taken place in a larger scale, hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic. As of May 1, 24, Fuyang, Anhui Province had reported 3,321 cases of Hand, Foot and mouth disease, of which 22 were fatal; 978 cases are hospitalized, of which 48 were severe cases, 10 cases of illness; are receiving out-patient treatment 1209 people have been cured 1112 People.
Communications, hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease existed for many years, in the Eurasian countries and regions have occurred. Patients with mainly infants and young children, most cases of minor symptoms, mainly fever and hand, foot, mouth and other parts of features, such as herpes or rash, most patients can be self-healing. A small number of cases may occur meningitis, encephalitis, myocarditis and severe pneumonia, and other individual children with severe disease progress faster, high incidence of death.
播病毒。
Children and adults are not infected with disease, but can spread the virus. Hand, Foot and mouth disease is caused by intestinal infection clinical syndrome, to enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Coxsackie virus, the virus can be certain Egyptian serotype most common.
Informed that this year took place in Fuyang, Anhui, the epidemic caused by the EV71 infection, mainly through fecal contact and the way I spread of infectious strong, and incubation period of 2-7 days, the general course for 7-10 days. EV71 infection caused severe than the proportion of other types of intestinal virus, the fatality rate in children with severe higher. There is no vaccine and effects of drug treatment.
Some regions of China Hand, Foot and mouth disease epidemic may also rise
Communications, in the 1970s, a number of European and Asian countries and regions have in large-scale epidemic EV71 infection.
1998
In 1998, China Taiwan region has a large-scale EV71 epidemic, 129,106 cases of reported cases, 405 cases of severe, 78 patients died.
The Ministry of Health said that this year, in Singapore and China Taiwan in the hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak marked increase in the same period last year. China's Anhui provinces outside part of the hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic last year also increased.
國內外資料顯示，6-7月份是手足口病的發病高峰期。
Domestic and international information, 6-July is the Hand, Foot and mouth disease incidence peaks.
今後一段時間中國部分地區的手足口病疫情還可能上升。
China for some time in parts of the hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic may also be increased.
To the WHO, informed the epidemic in Hong Kong, Macao
Informed that in Fuyang, Anhui, hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic, the local party committee and government attach great importance, the majority of health workers to actively implement various prevention and control measures and emergency treatment of severe children.
The Ministry of Health leadership led to Fuyang to guide work, and to send clinical and disease control experts in the local guide clinical treatment and epidemic prevention and control work, to assist in investigating causes.
EV71。
April 23, the China Disease Prevention and Control Center determined trigger detection of this outbreak of the disease is EV71.
症病例。
The Ministry of Health to the World Health Organization immediately, informed the epidemic in Hong Kong, Macao, and the organization of clinical experts improve treatment programmes to strengthen the severe cases of early screening, designated designated hospitals for treatment of severe cases of focus.
率。
Local health departments for disease prevention and treatment needs, expansion of paediatric wards, the emergency purchase of specialized equipment, improve the medical treatment capability, and strive to reduce the mortality of children.
工作。
Disease prevention and control agencies to strengthen disease surveillance, make the best of the epidemic dynamics; training professional and technical personnel and improve prevention and treatment capacity; vigorously carry out health education and disease prevention to raise public awareness of environmental hygiene improvement and strengthening health monitoring of drinking water diet; strengthen nurseries in the prevention guide And checks and epidemic prevention and control of the timely release of information, do a good job overall epidemic prevention and control work.
手足口病被納入法定傳染病管理
Hand, Foot and mouth disease were included in the statutory management of infectious diseases Informed that, in order to guide the hand, foot and mouth disease prevention and control work, the Ministry of Health has issued a circular by the end of April, around the perfect guide prevention and control programme of work and intensify the monitoring work harder to strengthen clinical treatment of severe cases, vigorously carry out patriotic health campaign Strengthen public health education, and do a good job in hand, foot and mouth disease virus and other infectious diseases prevention and control work, and issued a hand, foot and mouth disease prevention and control of the clinics and technical guidelines and Erkezhuanjia organizations, hand, foot and mouth disease clinics technical training. In view of the current outbreak, the Ministry of Health decided to hand, foot and mouth disease into Group C statutory infectious disease management, and implementation of network information straight to the epidemic. The Ministry of Health is summed up at home and abroad hand, foot and mouth disease prevention and control and clinical treatment experience, organizations epidemiology, etiology, and so on in-depth study. The Ministry of Health pointed out that hand, foot and mouth disease transmission, infants and young children generally susceptible.
鍵。
Children do individuals, families and nurseries in the health training is the key to prevention of infection. For children to do after they wash their hands before meals, Buhe raw water, do not eat cold food, clothing drying ground, to avoid contact with children; children parents and teachers to wash their hands before contact with children.
施。
Nurseries in children and parents found suspicious, to timely medical treatment to, and timely health and education sectors to the report, to take timely control measures. Children with mild without hospitalization, home treatment, rest, to avoid cross-infection. Do a good job in these areas of work, hand, foot and mouth disease could be effective prevention and control. :tiphat:
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.....No official information on the virus was released to the public until last week...
