Thursday, March 8, 2012

Vietnam: Dept. Prev. Medicine Strongly Recommends Do Not kill, or Eat Poultry not thoroughly cooked

On 7/3, the microbiology laboratory at the Pasteur Institute of Ho. Ho Chi Minh City showed that patients infected with influenza A/H5 identified. Patients residing in rural Trung Hoa Tyh Ea, Ea Kar district, Dak Lak province. [Trung Hòa, xã Ea Tyh, huyện Ea Kar, tỉnh Đắc Lắc.]

An epidemiological investigation showed that patients with a history of slaughtering and eating sick poultry in the locality where the patient resides with the phenomenon of sick poultry, dead.

Ministry of Health has directed surveillance system to strengthen monitoring and early detection of cases of influenza A/H5N1. From early 2012 until now have found 04 cases of influenza A/H5N1, including 2 cases were fatal. As reported by the Department of Animal Health, the country is the province of Ha Tinh, Quang Nam, Quang Tri, Hai Duong, Thai Nguyen and Bac Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh and Quang Ninh with bird flu less than 21 days. Currently A/H5N1 flu in poultry is happening in many areas across the country and in danger to occur on a large scale, for proactive prevention of influenza A/H5N1) spread from poultry to humans, the Department of Preventive Medicine strongly recommends people implement some measures such as: Do not kill , operating on sick poultry, and poultry died of unknown origin; not eat duck, do not eat poultry has not been thoroughly processed; When there are symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath related to exposure to poultry must immediately go to the nearest medical facility for examination and treatment. N.An h

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