Board of Governors will discuss the summer diseases and Examinations

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Monday, May 25, 2009

At the level of bird flu .. The number of human cases in Egypt since 2006 until May 24 of this 74 cases, 27 of whom died, in 2009 has seen 23 cases, 4 cases of them died.

Over the past period, the closure of 564 poultry farms, however, is committed to replace the 8200 and the closing of the sale of live poultry, and the removal of more than 37 A violation of shanty towns, and the confiscation of 686 vehicles transporting poultry without permission.

With regard to the elements of the plan of the Ministry of Health to deal with swine flu .. There is crisis management, through the formation of the Committee on the Ministry of Health of the crisis management committees in all health departments nationwide and a lifting of the state of extreme emergency and the cancellation of the workers leave the health sector in all provinces, and the establishment and management of a central operations room to confront the epidemic.

Rady said the continued surveillance of bird flu in all health facilities at the level of the Republic, with a total of 1289 suspected cases including 6 cases confirmed during the period from (April 24 - May 23), and the establishment of disease surveillance systems for swine flu, where the total number of suspected cases 89, all negative during the period (April 24 - May 23), and the establishment of a system to monitor diseases like influenza and pneumonia, with a total of 20,485 suspected cases during the same period.

And Dr. Magdy Radi, the spokesman for the Council of Ministers, to the development of services through the provision of laboratory reagents for diagnosis, and increase the efficiency of existing plants and the establishment and operation of labs at the governorates of Alexandria and Minya, in addition to the central Ministry of Health laboratories, as is the establishment of 4 laboratories nationwide, the West, Aswan, Kafr Sheikh and Asyut.

Rady said the availability of medicines, vaccines and supplies and equipment, which had been contracted to 2.5 million doses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu, and are contracted to provide 2.5 million doses of the other, in addition to providing basic supplies and disinfectants.

He pointed to the development of quarantine procedures by providing all the outlets quarantine necessary manpower (doctors, nurses, health observer), and the training of all workers in quarantine to prepare for a pandemic, and the application of preventive action from the affected country, as it was up to the 2404 aircraft , 151 the total number of passenger ship 331013, and was suspected in 32 cases, and the results of the samples were negative for swine influenza virus, and is being processed for the isolation quarantine Cairo international air port to isolate suspected cases, as was the installation and operation of a survey of 20 outlets thermal
Quarantine.

He also stressed the activation of the Plan of hospitals and infection control procedures, with a meeting of all directors of hospitals (public, central, specialist, health insurance, educational) for the work plan of work for each hospital and the procedures for activating the plan of the Ministry of Health through the preparation of a detailed action plan for all hospitals to cope with the pandemic and the follow-up activated, and the revitalization of surveillance for cases of (avian influenza, swine flu, pneumonia, influenza-like illness).

, Dr. Magdy Radi, the spokesman for the Council of Ministers to activate the plan and basic health care units, and the revitalization of surveillance and reporting of cases and the application of the referral system and raising awareness.

He referred to the planning and coordination with other ministries (interior, civil aviation, higher education, transportation, housing, communications).

He also stressed the implementation of the plan dealing with the media and citizens about the epidemic situation in Egypt, transparency, and increased phone lines to the hotline on influenza illness (105), to the line 30 to respond to the queries of citizens over 24 hours, and the implementation of an information campaign to raise the awareness of citizens (Disclaimer TV, Disclaimer radio), the printing and distribution of two million Poster and printed posters to members of the community.

Radi said that the efforts of the provinces in the face of the threat of swine flu is to focus on several main points of the slaughter is completed and execution of all the flock of pigs governorates, with the exception of the herd, who Helwan governorate, which is still under the slaughter and death.