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H7N9, China: Ministry of Health situation update on bird flu
At 15:17 on November 4, 2013 Source: China News
According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission website news, the National Health and Family Planning Commission today on the adjustment part of the statutory management of infectious diseases to interpret, Wei Planning Commission said, because Chinese urban and rural widespread phenomenon of live poultry market transactions in the short term is difficult to remove, Experts believe that mainland China continues to occur can not be excluded people infected with H7N9 avian influenza possibility of sporadic cases.
Wei pointed out that the Planning Commission, in accordance with infectious diseases on human health and society, the degree of harm and control measures are divided into A, B and C, for different categories of communicable diseases take appropriate preventive and control measures. At present, China has 39 legal infectious diseases, of which two kinds of CPI, CPI (B) 26 kinds, C 11 kinds.
Wei Planning Commission said that in the "Communicable Disease Control Act", the influenza Class C infectious diseases, therefore, in accordance with existing influenza H1N1 influenza will be adjusted to the CPI (C), classified as seasonal flu management.
Wei Planning Commission, said that the expert discussions, H5N1 avian influenza virus virulence, although strong, but since 2003, the world's only 641 cases reported case, China has reported 45 cases of cases was highly sporadic cases and found no effective human transmission, the current is not appropriate to take measures for prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Wei Planning Commission also pointed out that, as of August this year, the Chinese mainland has reported 134 cases of confirmed cases, including 45 deaths, cases were distributed in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other 12 provinces and 42 cities.
Since the autumn, the country found two cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza.
Experts discuss that, according to current human infection with H7N9 avian influenza level of awareness, the disease can cause serious illness and even death of people, public health and socio-economic causes some impact. To achieve scientific prevention and control law to determine the inclusion B infectious disease management.
Wei Planning Commission stressed that, as of now, cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza-like the vast majority of sporadic, have not yet found evidence of efficient human-to-human transmission. Winter and spring is the season of high incidence of respiratory diseases due to widespread urban and rural China live poultry market transactions and other phenomena in the short term is difficult to remove, expert analysis, can not be ruled mainland China continue to appear human infection with H7N9 avian influenza possibility of sporadic cases.
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H7N9, China: Ministry of Health situation update on bird flu
At 15:17 on November 4, 2013 Source: China News
According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission website news, the National Health and Family Planning Commission today on the adjustment part of the statutory management of infectious diseases to interpret, Wei Planning Commission said, because Chinese urban and rural widespread phenomenon of live poultry market transactions in the short term is difficult to remove, Experts believe that mainland China continues to occur can not be excluded people infected with H7N9 avian influenza possibility of sporadic cases.
Wei pointed out that the Planning Commission, in accordance with infectious diseases on human health and society, the degree of harm and control measures are divided into A, B and C, for different categories of communicable diseases take appropriate preventive and control measures. At present, China has 39 legal infectious diseases, of which two kinds of CPI, CPI (B) 26 kinds, C 11 kinds.
Wei Planning Commission said that in the "Communicable Disease Control Act", the influenza Class C infectious diseases, therefore, in accordance with existing influenza H1N1 influenza will be adjusted to the CPI (C), classified as seasonal flu management.
Wei Planning Commission, said that the expert discussions, H5N1 avian influenza virus virulence, although strong, but since 2003, the world's only 641 cases reported case, China has reported 45 cases of cases was highly sporadic cases and found no effective human transmission, the current is not appropriate to take measures for prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Wei Planning Commission also pointed out that, as of August this year, the Chinese mainland has reported 134 cases of confirmed cases, including 45 deaths, cases were distributed in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other 12 provinces and 42 cities.
Since the autumn, the country found two cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza.
Experts discuss that, according to current human infection with H7N9 avian influenza level of awareness, the disease can cause serious illness and even death of people, public health and socio-economic causes some impact. To achieve scientific prevention and control law to determine the inclusion B infectious disease management.
Wei Planning Commission stressed that, as of now, cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza-like the vast majority of sporadic, have not yet found evidence of efficient human-to-human transmission. Winter and spring is the season of high incidence of respiratory diseases due to widespread urban and rural China live poultry market transactions and other phenomena in the short term is difficult to remove, expert analysis, can not be ruled mainland China continue to appear human infection with H7N9 avian influenza possibility of sporadic cases.
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