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Hong Kong will strengthen measures to prevent and control H7N9 avian influenza (Ifeng, October 20 2013, edited)

Giuseppe

Emeritus
[Source: Ifeng, full page: (LINK). Automatic translation from Chinese.]


Hong Kong will strengthen measures to prevent and control H7N9 avian influenza

At 16:41 on October 20, 2013 - Source: China News Network


BEIJING, Oct. 20, according to the Hong Kong SAR Government website news, Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health Bureau on the 19th Ko Wing-man pointed out that with the onset of winter, the material will continue to appear human infection of H7N9 avian influenza sporadic cases.

Hong Kong will strengthen the prevention and control work, including increasing market or chicken rearing farms security measures to enhance the temperature check at the gate and raise awareness of frontline health care workers and hospital protective measures.

Ko Wing Man on the 19th to the media after attending public events, said a few days ago, Zhejiang Mainland confirmed a new case of avian influenza H7N9, according to the data, temporarily virus and not show a few months ago has changed, still belongs to the main bird viruses, yet found The display height from person to person.

He said that Hong Kong has received news of new cases diagnosed soon after with the Mainland Ministry of Health and other departments; CHP also with the Guangdong Provincial Health Department and the relevant disease control units meeting noted that Guangdong Province in response to the H7N9 avian flu will to take more stringent measures.

He was referring to Hong Kong, there is no slack in the prevention and control measures have been carried out for a quick test for Hong Kong poultry. To date, for Hong Kong poultry, wild birds and domestic poultry in Hong Kong market, temporarily not detect H7N9 avian influenza virus.

As earlier in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for screening vancomycin-resistant enterococci, Ko Wing-man, said the hospital also found that some other cases, the Hospital Authority decided in November at another hospital for the screening of patients admitted to the Hospital Authority Details will be announced shortly.


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