Theresa42
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Misinformation from the Saudi Ministry of Health. Goes well with the comments from the Ministry of Agriculture that AlaskaDenise posted over here.
Interesting note: "Al Riyadh" newspaper usually enables comments on their articles -- the comment function has not been enabled for this story.
Google-translated from Arabic:
Zahrani: avian influenza virus does not travel from person to person
"Health" declares safety 700 Mkhalt [poultry workers/cullers] of birds infected with virus poultry projects [farms]
Dec 9, 2007
Riyadh - Mohammad Haider:
The high-level official at the Ministry of Health yesterday not to prove transmission of avian influenza virus to humans humans, stressing that there is no conclusive evidence based on conclusive enough medicine based on evidence of this transition.
He told "Al-Riyadh Economic" Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Preventive Medicine, Dr. Khalid bin Ali Al Zahrani: "That the World Health Organization reduced the level of warning in a general human infection, because the cases were cases is limited, [huh?!] did not prove so far focused avian influenza virus, which Pettmhorh move from one to another, and therefore assure citizens and residents that since the beginning of the disease several years known that the disease birds, and travels to humans only with difficulty, which were hurt in the world in the past years - 350 case mankind."
He added: There is no need to fear and panic, Aftbouk chicken and eggs over 70 degrees Celsius is sufficient to kill the virus, in this case the possibility of injury or chicken and the egg is rare, but we advise money hands after cutting chicken with water and soap and water and chicken money machines used and because the virus envelope Pacific the cover is Greasy gold and ordinary soap and therefore rupture, and this assurance to the weakness of the virus, and advise citizens not to mixing migratory birds or caught, and reducing the senses especially infected birds.
He revealed that Dr. Al-Zahrani all cases exclusivism of farms infected with virus and recorded by the Ministry of Agriculture recently sound Of the more than 700 individual [i.e. poultry workers & cullers], and said in this regard: "We are taking at the Ministry of Health things stand even some cautionary about some of the recommendations of the World Health Organization, for example all contacts with birds in poultry farms and projects taken them an air of thirst and given preventive treatment, such preventive action, in addition to follow-up these contacts for 7 days at a daily rate, while the World Health Organization says, "If the man Almkhalt [poultry worker] sound healthy and have no symptoms there is no need to take swab samples loop, but enough to follow for a period of 7 days."
He denied the presence of Dr. conditions or circumstances appropriate for the transmission of the virus from person to person, and said in this context: "There is no sufficient evidence to take him man to man, the World Health Organization has discovered, and proven so far leap from bird to man, and known to be transferred from the Flying [birds] to humans does not come from simple touching, all cases were recorded in the world of birds mixing Mkhaltin for a sustained, very long period, [huh?!?!] and some studies say that there is the likelihood that Almkhalt [poultry workers] not infected with virus only to those who accept Jenny has to take this virus."
On a question about the avian flu and its relationship to the Ag this year, said Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine: "We have requirements for this disease for years, so has been to prevent the entry of food of all kinds, whether birds or other only canned food and the court closure, and in airports, outlets exist medical teams of observers The nurse to monitor suspected cases among health requirements approved, including avian influenza."
Between saying: Among the new measures this year, especially in the King Abdul Aziz Airport in Jeddah has been mandated to oversee the doctors medical teams where there are 18 Hall, a doctor and a medical sense to detect cases more than the nurse and health superintendent, add to that awareness programs have been processing 200 students College of Medicine in the fifth stage has been trained in various aspects of the awareness of the presence in the institutions Raft.
http://www.alriyadh.com/2007/12/09/article300326.html
Interesting note: "Al Riyadh" newspaper usually enables comments on their articles -- the comment function has not been enabled for this story.
Google-translated from Arabic:
Zahrani: avian influenza virus does not travel from person to person
"Health" declares safety 700 Mkhalt [poultry workers/cullers] of birds infected with virus poultry projects [farms]
Dec 9, 2007
Riyadh - Mohammad Haider:
The high-level official at the Ministry of Health yesterday not to prove transmission of avian influenza virus to humans humans, stressing that there is no conclusive evidence based on conclusive enough medicine based on evidence of this transition.
He told "Al-Riyadh Economic" Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Preventive Medicine, Dr. Khalid bin Ali Al Zahrani: "That the World Health Organization reduced the level of warning in a general human infection, because the cases were cases is limited, [huh?!] did not prove so far focused avian influenza virus, which Pettmhorh move from one to another, and therefore assure citizens and residents that since the beginning of the disease several years known that the disease birds, and travels to humans only with difficulty, which were hurt in the world in the past years - 350 case mankind."
He added: There is no need to fear and panic, Aftbouk chicken and eggs over 70 degrees Celsius is sufficient to kill the virus, in this case the possibility of injury or chicken and the egg is rare, but we advise money hands after cutting chicken with water and soap and water and chicken money machines used and because the virus envelope Pacific the cover is Greasy gold and ordinary soap and therefore rupture, and this assurance to the weakness of the virus, and advise citizens not to mixing migratory birds or caught, and reducing the senses especially infected birds.
He revealed that Dr. Al-Zahrani all cases exclusivism of farms infected with virus and recorded by the Ministry of Agriculture recently sound Of the more than 700 individual [i.e. poultry workers & cullers], and said in this regard: "We are taking at the Ministry of Health things stand even some cautionary about some of the recommendations of the World Health Organization, for example all contacts with birds in poultry farms and projects taken them an air of thirst and given preventive treatment, such preventive action, in addition to follow-up these contacts for 7 days at a daily rate, while the World Health Organization says, "If the man Almkhalt [poultry worker] sound healthy and have no symptoms there is no need to take swab samples loop, but enough to follow for a period of 7 days."
He denied the presence of Dr. conditions or circumstances appropriate for the transmission of the virus from person to person, and said in this context: "There is no sufficient evidence to take him man to man, the World Health Organization has discovered, and proven so far leap from bird to man, and known to be transferred from the Flying [birds] to humans does not come from simple touching, all cases were recorded in the world of birds mixing Mkhaltin for a sustained, very long period, [huh?!?!] and some studies say that there is the likelihood that Almkhalt [poultry workers] not infected with virus only to those who accept Jenny has to take this virus."
On a question about the avian flu and its relationship to the Ag this year, said Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine: "We have requirements for this disease for years, so has been to prevent the entry of food of all kinds, whether birds or other only canned food and the court closure, and in airports, outlets exist medical teams of observers The nurse to monitor suspected cases among health requirements approved, including avian influenza."
Between saying: Among the new measures this year, especially in the King Abdul Aziz Airport in Jeddah has been mandated to oversee the doctors medical teams where there are 18 Hall, a doctor and a medical sense to detect cases more than the nurse and health superintendent, add to that awareness programs have been processing 200 students College of Medicine in the fifth stage has been trained in various aspects of the awareness of the presence in the institutions Raft.
http://www.alriyadh.com/2007/12/09/article300326.html