Saturday, January 11, 2014

#H7N9 chopping block in restaurants experts say food can be cross-infection

1/10/14
Translation
For the Guangzhou restaurant chopping tested positive H7N9 avian influenza virus, Zhongshan University, Head of Department of Microbiology, Dr Paul CHAN Kay believes that reflect the range of the virus spread more widely, I believe the epidemic will continue in the short term, and even more serious.
Dr Paul CHAN Kay analysis, we found the bird flu virus in the chopping block, meaning that there are problems related to the chopping block once processed chickens, if re-used kitchen utensils cutting boards or other food processing, if not chickens, there will be cross-infection.
For the State Planning Commission, said Wei, a whole stable of bird flu, Dr Paul CHAN Kay believes that just means there is no big change smoothly when the virus was discovered early, mild illness does not mean that if human infection with H7N9 avian influenza, there's the chance of serious disease is quite high.
With the discovery of the virus there chopping samples, Dr Paul CHAN Kay urged the public to be especially careful when the mainland, if not high-risk places such as chickens to market, or no contact with the chickens, has a chance to be infected with the virus, we should always maintain personal hygiene and hand washing.

No comments: