Friday, March 9, 2012

Vietnam: Number of bird flu continue to rise

(SGGP.) - 9-3 days, Dr. Nguyen Van Binh, Director of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, warned from early 2012 to now, the country has recorded four cases of influenza A/H5N1 including 2 deaths.

More worryingly, although the Health Ministry repeatedly warned people not to kill, harvesting, eating poultry, waterfowl sick, dying and poultry of unknown origin, not eat duck, poultry not yet processed technical changes, but many people still ignore. With the evolution of complex diseases in poultry, waterfowl today, if people do not raise awareness of disease prevention, the number of infections and deaths from influenza A/H5N1 certainly continue to increase.

To prevent flu from birds, waterfowl spread to humans, the Health Ministry to direct the functional units to strengthen monitoring and early detection of cases of influenza A/H5N1. At the same time strongly recommends people: do not kill, Poultry sick, dying and poultry of unknown origin; not eat duck; not eat poultry has not been cooked, processed carefully.

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