Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Russia secure from bird flu in China

Analysis

As China continues to be recorded cases of bird flu among humans: the beginning of the year six cases, two of them died. This is now reported to the Chief Sanitary Doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko.

"As the second in February bird flu patient in the 21-year-old, who was hospitalized on 29 January. At the moment the patient stable, "- he said.

Onyshchenko recalled that according to the World Health Organization, in the world since 2003, registered 403 cases of bird flu in humans, including 252 - fatal. Since the beginning of this year, two deaths recorded in Egypt.

Chapter Rospotrebnadzor noted that last week instructed the regional offices to strengthen measures to prevent skidding dangerous for human influenza virus of birds in relation to new lethal cases in China.

In particular, the vaccination of poultry farms against influenza, the control of sanitary conditions of markets that sell live domestic and decorative birds, as well as sanitary and quarantine control in airports of Moscow region and others where there is a scheduled and charter communication with China and others vulnerable to bird flu countries, RIA News.

Speaking about the situation with the traditional flu in Russia, Onishchenko said that in the past week, a surge in cases among the total population recorded in Chelyabinsk (epidporoga excess of 24%), Arkhangelsk (in 9,3%), as well as in Kaliningrad, Khabarovsk and Sakhalin Oblast .

Among children younger than 2 years, the excess epidporogov observed in 15 towns, between the ages of 3 to 4 years - in 11 cities, among schoolchildren from 7 to 14 years - in 7 cities.

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