Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Does Egypt on the eve of a new catastrophe?

تفاصيل مثيرة حول أسباب مرض الطاعون وانتشاره
Surprising details about the causes of disease and spread of plague
17 يونيو 2009
June 17, 2009
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Agencies: Libyan sources confirmed that the disease plague, which struck the region recently Trcp near the border with Egypt re-emerged due to a leakage of the disease-causing bacteria from the remains of stocks of biological weapons at the military camp near the village stricken South Tubruk. The newspaper quoted "" the delegation of Egyptian opposition sources confirmed onset of symptoms many of the Libyan soldiers in the camp for several weeks, and the death of some of the dark and the center's cover of the Libyan authorities.
In the meantime, blew sources other Libyan surprise when when it announced the emergence of the epidemic for more than two and wounding a number of residents in the area south of Tobruk Boutronp the disease has been diagnosed as a medical mystery disease.
As revealed in the death of some of the injured, and the continuation of the incidence and mortality for unknown reasons, the latest injury 3 members of one family, one of whom died shortly after arriving to the hospital in a nearby area Trcp Boutronp.
The sources expressed the belief that the state cover the spread of the epidemic, and expressed the belief that the Libyan authorities are still not revealing the true causes of the spread of the epidemic, claiming that the reason for his appearance due to the proliferation of rodents and insects, especially fleas.
In the meantime, the Ministry of Health in Egypt and the case of extreme emergency to cope with disaster new health Egypt borders the West following the outbreak of plague in Libya, despite the confirmation of Dr. Hatem el-Gabali, Minister of Health of Egypt Egypt is free of the disease so far, which is the plague in a village south of the city of Tobruk near the Egyptian border.
The factor analysis of the creation of mountain field on the border with Egypt to obtain a sample of the immediate coming from Libya to Egypt and analyzed immediately. The mountain for communication and coordination between the Ministry, Dr. Yusri Sha'baan Egyptian Medical Adviser in Libya to see the size of the epidemic and the extent and seriousness of the situation and follow up the health of hundreds of thousands of Egyptian troops in various parts of Libya.
For his part, Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health in coordination between the Ministries of Health in Egypt, Libya, and the armed forces to follow up on the health situation on the border and conduct operations to clean up areas near the border using aircraft to spray pesticides to combat the epidemic effectively. The transmission of plague infection by either the human or It is the human animal to humans or from animals to humans through droplets or contact with infected wounds or skin Bdamaml or feces.
As the discovery of the injury by taking samples for laboratory analysis of the throat or lymph nodes, and means of dealing with drugs through the isolation of penicillin and the wounded to hospitals in the mandatory period of 10 days at least. Dr. Shaheen pointed out that the symptoms of plague include high fever, chills, and vomiting and pain in the throat and muscle and to enter in a coma.
He also pointed out that the plague is the 3 types of skin and lung and toxic. The spokesman of the Ministry of Health said the most important preventive measures is hygiene and the isolation of the patient and the lack of mixing and non-use of tools, whether the patient's glasses or dishes or cutlery or personal, such as machine tools, shavers, Qsafp nails. This comes at a time when the panic that swept through more than 6 thousand Egyptians held on the Libyan-Egyptian border near an area infected with plague Trcp, after the Libyan authorities refused to allow them to cross the Libyan port Assistant prior to the payment of 500 Libyan dinars for the individual or family for 1500, approved by the Libyan authorities since only three days.
The detainees, they spend most of their time inside their cars for fear of rats, scattered around the mountain.
They said they were being held in a desert area a few kilometers from the plague-infested Trcp, the free zone is not the assignee is not an overnight stay in housing. The detainees demanded the intervention of the Egyptian government to the Libyan authorities to allow them to cross into Egyptian territory for fear of plague. Also the case where of terror among the Bedouins SALLUM by the proliferation of "Ganatic" - mice, a mountain in the Bedouin - especially as it may cause the transmission of the disease, as they exist in large numbers - according to their affirmations - SALLUM between the cities of the Libyan and Egyptian Assistant, and multiply in the stores of goods transported between the two countries. He called the Bedouin intensification of health campaigns and veterinary medicine to eliminate them.
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With the Ministry of Health has stepped up the presence of medical teams and access SALLUM medical team arrived to the port for the follow-up action to combat the disease of plague have been installed on the lab sampling of foreigners and Egyptians from Libya and analyzed immediately.
The units were performing Egyptian cleansing spray to sterilize places frequented by from Libya. For its part, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, through the General Authority for Veterinary Services and the Central Administration for the intensification of agricultural pest control committees traffic border areas and the governorates of the valley is the new start in the use of pesticides and toxins necessary for the completion of the work of control in these areas.

and decided to Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture mandated the Egyptian authorities on combating rodents to prepare a report on the work on control of the review of the work of the committees against rats and other rodents, for the prevention of the disease after the appearance of plague infection in Libya, and coordination with the Ministry of Health to carry out investigation and survey of rodents found in the border areas and residential areas and analysis of samples by the Ministry of Health to make sure that they are free from disease, plague and destruction by the organs concerned.
Dr. Hamed Samaha, chief of veterinary services, the Commission has been in the past few days to develop a vision for the fight against precautions against the spread or outbreak of plague, which is caused by different kinds of rodents, in Egypt, through coordination with the directorates in governorates of Veterinary Medicine, in particular, which is located on the border with Libya.
Samaha was not being excluded entry of rodents and mice to Egypt since the border is open, It is possible that interference from one country to another, just as the intervention of the house to another, and here is where the risk of transmission of the disease

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