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Four ministries draft emergency plan to prepare for h7n9 bird-flu threat
Pongphon Sarnsamak
The Nation May 2, 2013 1:00 am
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The four ministries - Public Health, Natural Resources and Environment, Agriculture and Cooperatives, and Interior - are drafting an emergency-preparedness plan to combat a possible pandemic of the influenza virus H7N9...
The plan will be submitted to Cabinet and a meeting of a national committee to prevent and handle the new emerging disease, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasob Suraswadi, according to Disease Control Department director-general Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangson.
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So far there has been no sign of a pandemic in Thailand, but Pornthep suggested the agencies should keep a close eye on birds along the coastal areas, such as seagulls. They also need to conduct a surveillance system for poultry farms located along the flight paths of migratory birds.
Information on the movement across boundaries of live poultry is also needed to monitor any threat of an H7N9 outbreak, he added.
"Personally I believe the outbreak of this avian flu virus will reach Thailand by October, because of the rainy season. It will also deal a psychological blow to the poultry industry, not only in frozen chickens but cooked chicken as well," he said.
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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nat...ft-emergency-plan-to-prepare-fo-30205212.html
Pongphon Sarnsamak
The Nation May 2, 2013 1:00 am
...
The four ministries - Public Health, Natural Resources and Environment, Agriculture and Cooperatives, and Interior - are drafting an emergency-preparedness plan to combat a possible pandemic of the influenza virus H7N9...
The plan will be submitted to Cabinet and a meeting of a national committee to prevent and handle the new emerging disease, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasob Suraswadi, according to Disease Control Department director-general Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangson.
...
So far there has been no sign of a pandemic in Thailand, but Pornthep suggested the agencies should keep a close eye on birds along the coastal areas, such as seagulls. They also need to conduct a surveillance system for poultry farms located along the flight paths of migratory birds.
Information on the movement across boundaries of live poultry is also needed to monitor any threat of an H7N9 outbreak, he added.
"Personally I believe the outbreak of this avian flu virus will reach Thailand by October, because of the rainy season. It will also deal a psychological blow to the poultry industry, not only in frozen chickens but cooked chicken as well," he said.
Full text:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nat...ft-emergency-plan-to-prepare-fo-30205212.html