Vietnam - Control measures

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MEKONG DELTA PROVINCES YET TO TAKE BIRD FLU THREAT SERIOUSLY
By Tuoi Tre ? Translated by Tuong Nhi (Thanhnien News)

Local authorities acknowledged they have not completely restricted poultry raising in residential areas at a conference on preventing bird flu outbreaks Wednesday.

Representatives from Can Tho city said many households in the area continued to raise and hatch chicks regardless of warnings of the potential for bird flu outbreaks.

Meanwhile, Dinh Cong Than, head of the Kien Giang Animal Health Department announced a further one million ducks are free ranging, but local authorities have yet to take any measures.

In Dong Thap, local authorities have failed to monitor and cull newborn ducks, said Vo Be Hien, head of Dong Thap Animal Health Department.

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Vietnam - Control measures

VIETNAM PREPARED FOR BIRD FLU RETURN
By Sai Gon Giai Phong ? Translated by Tuong Nhi
September 9, 2006 (Thanhnien News)

Vietnam?s Health Ministry has drafted a national action plan to prevent a relapse of human bird flu infection.

Chicken meats are on sale at a market in Hanoi (Photo: AP)

The epidemic still threatened Vietnam and its neighboring countries and humans were highly susceptible to the type-A flu virus especially in winter, the ministry warned.

Under the plan the Vietnamese government has earmarked VND1 trillion (over US$62 million) for facilities to prevent and control the epidemic.

Besides equipping local health centers, the ministry has also assigned 14 hospitals in the national disease control and prevention system to keep continuous watch to tackle probable outbreaks.

If the epidemic broke out on a large scale, more provincial hospitals will be co-opted to treat H5N1-infected patients.

Bird flu has so far killed at least 141 people in 10 countries since December 2003.

Vietnam has registered 42 fatalities, second only after Indonesia where 47 have been killed.

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Vietnam - Control measures

VIETNAM METRO TO CHECK PASSENGERS FOR BIRD FLU
Agriculture (Thanhnien News)
September 12, 2006

International visitors arriving at Ho Chi Minh City airport will have their body temperatures taken as a precaution after bird flu outbreaks were recently reported in some countries.

Remote temperature-measuring machines using infrared and specialized thermometers are being installed at Tan Son Nhat Airport, ready to operate around the clock.

Those having a temperature of over 38 degrees Celsius would be taken to isolation rooms to test for bird flu.

The task will be carried out jointly by the International Quarantine Center and airport authorities.

The Health Ministry has instructed 14 hospitals in major cities to keep continuous watch to tackle probable outbreaks.

The hospitals and preventive health care centers have been told to ensure the operation of disease surveillance systems around the clock and sufficient supply of facilities for treating bird flu patients.

The government recently instructed state agencies and local administrations to intensify the fight against bird flu, and temporarily ban import of live poultry and poultry products from countries hit by the disease.

Bird flu has killed at least 141 people in 10 countries since December 2003.

Vietnam has registered 42 fatalities, second only to Indonesia where 47 have been killed. No new human cases have been reported since mid-November 2005.

Source: www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=19980

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Vietnam - Control measures

Interesting - this is the 4th posting of this story. We'll all be sure we have no fevers before entering Vietnam.

the other stories and comments are at http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10221

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