Inland bird flu local flu converging attack Hong Kong

20/01/2009, on Tuesday in the afternoon 06:51

Inland erupts four human bird flus rarely in the short two weeks, the mortality rate reaches as high as half, seizes the life bird flu momentarily to take advantage that Chinese new year in the period the port two place streams of people go south raid the port. Just happens to meet the Hong Kong to reach flu peak, but the government subsidizes the young boy to hit flu needle plan response to be unsatisfactory, the insufficient 20% person vaccinates; The health protection center sends out most newly the infectious disease directs flings leaks, must send a letter in addition patching, the Hong Kong guard works alarmingly.

Food and sanitation bureau chief Monday the mountain said that inland eruption case and teaches other people inhuman, must understand whether or not together infective agent or virus whether to change. Chinese new year between can two place streams of people associate frequent increase the Hong Kong eruption bird flu risk, he emphasized that so long as the resident does not bring the poultry meat or the live domesticated fowl comes the port, the trust eruption risk cannot be specially high.

Infectious disease specialist Lao Yongle criticizes Monday the mountain anti-epidemic measures resources mispairing and the underestimate situation, he refers to four inland bird flu patient, after having the morbidity, goes to other provinces, “the belt lives in the virus to save has saved the o already situation, similarly may o be Hong Kong occurs, the patient may o be new year period belt virus o Li Bengang!”He believed that the various ports heat probe difficult percentage hundred to block off the patient, the Hong Kong government must strengthens the propaganda in the port and the transportation vehicle, the reminder has a fever or the ill passenger treats as soon as possible. He believed that inland infection case mainly comes from the domesticated fowl, the Hong Kong government should consider forbids inland live chicken to lose the port comprehensively.

The Hong Kong government measure flings to fling the bone

Zeng Haohui acknowledged that the H5N1 bird flu virus hastens actively increases, but has not presented the widespread person to teach other people, believed that continues to have the fragmentary H5N1 eruption case.

The protection center already to Hong Kong doctor and tourism parliament sending a letter, reminds the resident returns to when inland avoids contacting the birds.

Zeng Haohui estimated that the Hong Kong flu peak will continue after March or, last year flu peak period, every week most surpasses 100 schools and the buildings erupts, estimated that now a peak every week has ten to 30 eruptions. The Hong Kong the average over thousand children because of flu in hospital, the serious case reach as high as 30 every month every year. He estimated that because the Hong Kong later every week or has five to seven children the serious complication in hospital, possibly has four or below the child every month because of each kind of infection death, appealed that the resident do not want to lower one's guard. The protection center promotes many measure guards, announced the eruption flu's school or the buildings name list every day by yesterday, as well as presented pneumonia, the encephalitis and myocarditis because of flu and so on serious complication sick children case. The protection center already sends out the renewal to the school and the residential care home the prevention direction, but original related suspended classes the standard, if the schoolchild sick leave rate reached 10% or above should consider to suspend classes; Measures time the body temperature for the student to have a fever the definition and so on new material, has not integrated in the direction, the protection center yesterday made up the pot to replenish again to school sending a letter.

Subsidization flu needle counter-differential

In addition, the government last November subsidized below the Hong Kong 300,000 six years old to give flu injection the young boy to the private clinic, only responded unsatisfactory, at present has only given 75,000 injections, the vaccination population insufficient 20%. Zeng Haohui acknowledged that the participation population is somewhat low, or with the guardian vigilance insufficiency, the misunderstanding gives an injection has the side effect, suggested that they should grasp the opportunity, leads the children to vaccinate as soon as possible. Lao Yongle said: “the government renews the direction, to do the healthy course to use fishily baa! Monday the mountain should not 咁 unkind, must increase the resources to the front medical treatment and nursing, the improvement acute disease room with the hospital ward very full o already question!”He refers to, the part male courtyard hospital ward occupancy rate reaches 130%, worried that increases the eruption crisis, urges the authority to increase the manpower and the hospital bed deals with flu peak. He suppresses a batch of government to neglect the elder safety, “has several children because of flu death, the government pushes the subsidization plan, instead is not willing free to give an injection for the old person, is the resources mispairing radically, should do!”