No snow this winter and a high incidence of respiratory infections caused by avian flu to enter the high rate

February 12, 2009

As a result of less snow this winter and dry, to cold, influenza, avian flu and other respiratory tract were the spread of infectious diseases has provided the conditions. Last week, Beijing B 9 kinds of infectious disease report 685 cases of the same period last year increased by 69.55%. Municipal Health Bureau said that bird flu has entered the spring peak.

Beijing Municipal Health Bureau announced WER show, tuberculosis, measles and scarlet fever in the last week of three types of respiratory infectious disease infectious diseases into three accounts. Measles, chickenpox, meningitis and other respiratory diseases to enter the high season. Last week, the city's 33 cases of measles were reported, an increase over the previous 17 cases a week, more than 16 cases of the same period last year.

February 11, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau spokesman邓小虹introduction, human avian flu throughout the year may be the disease of high incidence in winter and spring. City Health Board requested that the city's various medical institutions to strengthen the prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases, the body temperature higher than 38 degrees Celsius accompanied by a cough should be carried out to register and report cases. Consultation for the hospital still can not rule out the possibility of human avian influenza cases of medical observation and timely reported to the clinical level expert group consultation, a clear diagnosis.

At present, Beijing has established a field epidemiological investigation, laboratory tests and expert teams and 16 poultry influenza laboratory network. Initiative with the agricultural, industrial, transportation, municipal, Drug, Education and other departments of information communication and cooperation, the establishment of improved inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms and interaction with the surrounding region a mechanism for the implementation of the avian flu epidemic joint prevention and control. The city's medical staff also carried out avian flu and pneumonia of unknown causes full training, improve awareness of the broad masses of medical personnel and the prevention of human bird flu recognition. Beijing and Beijing Ditan hospital佑安referral hospital is responsible for receiving patients. (Journalist Li Meng)