السبت، 25 أبريل 2009 - 16:00 Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 16:00
Ministry of Health has announced that it is fully prepared to cope with bird flu now, and even if transferred to the pandemic, saying that the actions of the Ministry of Health in the fight against the disease, beginning with the preparation and printing of a plan to prepare for pandemic influenza and distributed to various provinces, and the directors of departments of health, as confirmed by the Ministry on San spokesman in an official statement to them.
Has been the establishment of an electronic database of health facilities, manpower, medical devices, the number of beds, water, electricity, motor vehicles, as well as the revitalization of the disease surveillance in all hospitals at the level of the Republic, especially fever and chest, with a number of samples that have been checked so far isolation of suspected bird flu, more than 6 thousand samples, have been detained and given the drug Tamiflu, the number of whom only 68 are positive, of whom 26 have died so far.
) The strategic reserves of the drug Tamiflu, bringing the number to 2.4 million doses, and to deal with suspected cases of injury and disease, in addition to the formation of a strategic stockpile of personal protective devices and disinfectants, it is sufficient for up to six months, providing 18 million-ring (N95)
With regard to plants, the establishment of central labs, reference laboratory, and the establishment and operation of four sub-factor of the provinces of Alexandria, Menya, West Aswan, and equipping the necessary inputs and equipment and the training of the health team.
Training to prepare for a pandemic in the provinces, are in the preparation of the departmental Rapid Response Teams, which were trained 1996 doctors and observers of health, planning and preparedness for pandemic influenza, and the development of mini-plans at the district level, hospitals and health units and outlets quarantine at the level of the Republic.
Departments and health departments are prepared through the training of 121 workers from the health departments in 9 governorates, namely Cairo, Giza, Qaliubiya, Monoufia, Dakahlia, Sharkia, Qena, Luxor, Sohag 82 by the hospital.
As for the position of the virus in Egypt, bringing the total number of human cases of bird flu so far are positive, 68, of whom two of the workers of poultry farms, 38 cases of contact with domestic poultry, and the state sells birds, 28 have recovered the situation, and the death of 26 cases, the mortality rate of up to 48%, compared with 63.3% death rate in the world.
أThe number of confirmed cases in the past three years, which recorded the history of the disease in Egypt since its entry in 2006, and that the number of detected cases to 18 cases, 10 cases and the death rate of 55.6% death rate.
And in 2007 recorded 25 cases detected cases, 9 cases died, including a 36% death rate, while in 2008, reaching the number of cases in which the 7 cases, 3 of whom died at a 42.8% death.
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