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CHP closely monitoring increase in seasonal influenza activity

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
China Xinhua Net September 10 August 10, 2010, the World Health Organization declared the world into the "post-pandemic" influenza A H1N1 influenza activity levels have been restored to the level of seasonal influenza. At the same time, WHO recommends that countries continue to strengthen influenza surveillance, sustained attention to the level of activity changes in influenza viruses.
China's flu activity is currently stable, the influenza virus activity was lower than in previous years ago. Since mid May this year, the National Influenza H1N1 influenza report 3 cases of severe cases, no deaths reported, H1N1 virus in China is very low level of activity.
World Health Organization recommendations for influenza epidemic and the current changes in China, the Ministry of Health strategy for timely adjustment of the influenza surveillance, has issued a "national influenza monitoring program (2010 edition)", the deployment of further strengthening the national influenza surveillance.
New proposals, one to further optimize the National Influenza Surveillance Network. Currently the National Influenza Surveillance Network Total network laboratory 411, 556 sentinel hospitals, more than 95% per year sentinel hospital surveillance data and timely report the completion of specimen collection and transport tasks; Second, to further enhance the level and quality monitoring. The end of 2012, over 50% of the provincial disease prevention and control center will be built at the provincial level Influenza Reference Centre, more than 70% of network laboratories virus isolation work independently. To the end of 2015, more than 90% of the provincial disease prevention and control center will be built at the provincial level influenza reference centers, 90% of the network of laboratories working independently virus isolation; Third, give full play to the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Global Influenza important role in the monitoring network, and gradually have the influenza vaccine strains our forecasts and recommendation capabilities.
The new program requirements, local health administrative departments should earnestly strengthen the organization and leadership of influenza surveillance, security monitoring of the necessary human, material and financial resources. The disease prevention and control centers, laboratories and sentinel hospital network in accordance with the requirements of the new program, division of labor, do a good job screening for influenza-like cases, case sampling, virus isolation, nucleic acid testing, review of identification, analysis and virus antigen genetic characteristics of the work of other influenza surveillance.
The new program also requires local agencies to strengthen disease prevention and control of area schools, nurseries, nursing homes and other key places, and focus groups of epidemic monitoring, detection of influenza outbreaks, strictly in accordance with the requirements in a timely manner for disposal. Meet the reporting standards for influenza like illness outbreaks in the sampling and testing should be promptly and accurately determine the nature of the epidemic, timely reporting. If you find that people infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus or other novel influenza subtype virus, immediately report, in accordance with the provisions of relevant national plans for emergency response work in a timely manner. (Ministry of Health Press Office on Sept. 10, 2010)

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