Lap mission to check avian influenza

Wednesday, 7/1/2009, 20:26 (GMT +7)

(TBKTSG Online) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the 7-1 has requested the local establishment of the mission to inspect and guide the implementation of preventive avian influenza at villages, hamlets.
In addition to the establishment of mission to check on, the request also clenching to check the vaccination, reviewing all of influenza vaccination has not been vaccinated or not enough on the nose area of the province.

Also, check the delegation in collaboration with the animal, the market managed to control the transport of poultry traders are increasing in the Chinese New Year festival. The trade, transport, slaughter, pepper consumption of poultry and poultry products in the country as well as through the border will also be clenching.

The 7-1, Department of Animal Health in Vietnam, said, does not detect more outbreak of new and up to now, and are Bùng at Thanh Hoa province and Thai Nguyen. Meanwhile, a baby girl 8 years old living in China Dien, Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa province has been hospitalized due to H5N1 virus infection. There, patients are in the process of recovery.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that in 2008, HPAI has been controlled Bùng not play into the first major outbreaks, only occurs in small households that cause mainly by the Forum influenza vaccine is not vaccine or injected vaccine not properly regulated, the rate of vaccine achieved results low.

On 7-1, the approved projects to use vaccine to control and payment HPAI in the period 2009-2010. Accordingly, from now to 2010, the state budget will spend 120.3 billion for the injected vaccine. In it, who will be more than 106 billion to buy 230.5 million doses of vaccines annually.

Risk still gumshoe

According to experts, medical and veterinary, and avian influenza are at risk of Bùng quite high when the weather in the north are cold and dry. Meanwhile, the transport of poultry from areas with outbreaks, and border areas also increased in order to serve consumer needs in the Chinese New Year festival.

Do Huu Dung, Deputy rooms epidemiology, Department of Animal Health under the Economic Times Online Saigon know them smuggling chickens are increased before Chinese New Year, previously mainly through Lang Son border gate will now switch to the export Mong Cai (Quang Ninh Province).

Mekong Delta, although quite far north - where HPAI is Bùng play, also face the risk of avian influenza is very high by the seasons for ducks running of post-harvest rice. According to Dung, the flocks of ducks in the Mekong Delta has doubled in recent years.

Mr. Dung also said that does not identify the avian influenza has appeared in Vietnam or not, although information 300 of the duck Mr. Ngo Van Minh, in Ngoc Lam, Tam Tien, Nui Thanh district, Quang Vietnam died since last week. However, the central provinces to the high alert because in 2008, avian influenza outbreaks have occurred in concentrated areas.

According to Department of Animal Health, in 2008, HPAI has Bùng at 80 districts in 27 provinces and cities nationwide. At least 106,000 children of poultry have been burnt in the past year.