Domestic burglary H5N2 bird flu Yeh Chin-chuan: Do not panic-human transmission would not listen to

Time: 2008/12/17
‧ Contributing Editor: Wang Wei Ting, according to information cited: interview
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Liberty Times reported today, 17, domestic chickens have been infected with the H5N2 low pathogenic avian influenza virus, Health Director Yeh Chin-chuan in the Legislative Yuan Wei and Labor Central Committee, said the Council of Agriculture has informed the Department of Health, H5N2 will not Transmission, as currently there is no mutation of the H5N1 case, the chicken can be cooked comfort food, the people not to panic over. Media reported that a chicken farm in Tainan County, found that a large number of chickens died suddenly while briefing, after testing found to be infected with the H5N2 avian influenza virus, but that the Council of Agriculture is the low pathogenic H5N2, the avian-human transmission would not, therefore, did not disclose the epidemic.

Yeh Chin-chuan am in the Legislative Yuan Wei Central Committee of the Taiwan H5N2 bird flu note that Taiwan is no H5N1 infection cases occurred in the current outbreak of H5N2 low pathogenic basically, will not be transmitted to humans, H5N2 mutations are not Cheng H5N1, even if chickens infected with H5N2 virus, but can also be boiled for human consumption.

Yeh Chin-chuan said: Taiwanese no H5N1 cases are now occurring H5N2, the Council of Agriculture has informed the Department of Health with us, and we all know, the epidemic will be reported along with open, H5N2 low pathogenic basically, the ordinary To deal with the whole world has not at any particular case is caused by human H5N2 infection, so rest assured that all the people! '

Hong Kong and China's Jiangsu Province recently confirmed the outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu, Taiwan has given rise to concern the development of the epidemic; Yeh Chin-chuan stressed that Hong Kong on December 9 after the outbreak of the epidemic, the Department of Health immediately sent to Hong Kong the next day to understand the situation, At present, all in the hands of Taiwan from the mainland and also to prohibit the import of live birds and eggs in Hong Kong, the people not to panic over.

Yeh Chin-chuan said, H5N2 is indeed in a small number of pigs into a body of highly pathogenic pathogen, possibly through the transmission of pigs, but has not confirmed such cases, if found pigs infected with H5N2 virus, also in accordance with Cull program.

Taiwan in January 2004 had H5N2 bird flu virus broke out in Taiwan around the north tested 24 chicken farms infected, culled all-round, the epidemic under control within two months, the poultry industry lost NT 2.5 billion.

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