Avian influenza spreads in the Southwest border

Avian influenza spreads in the Southwest border
28/04/2010 2:22


Forum grazing ducks in the border areas of Dong Thap Province is the risk of spreading HPAI A/H5N1 - Photo: National

Cambodia Ministry of Health announced avian influenza (A/H5N1) re outbreak in Pray Veng Province, bordering the provinces of Dong Thap.
As soon as male patient infected with influenza A/H5N1 19.4 deaths on the past, the Ministry of Health of Cambodia has officially announced avian influenza (A/H5N1) re outbreak in Pray Veng Province, bordering provinces Dong Thap. The preventive measures are implemented quickly, guiding people to implement. However, the risk of disease spread community is unavoidable because the people here lack of knowledge about the harmful effects of influenza A/H5N1 and has no sense of prevention.


At the palace gate and Ba Thuong Phuoc, each of which has about 200 people crossing border daily. While the forces of international medical quarantine (KDYTQT) are arranged so thin. Thuong Phuoc gate KDYTQT two officers, with equipment and medicines, but officials admit not understanding this disease information of how changes in Cambodia. Also at the border only a trident KDYTQT staff, no machinery nor do drugs. That's not to mention the professional qualifications of the medical force deep border is limited, uneven. If the disease spreads very difficult to cope.

In social BontiachakCray border, opposite the Palace gate Ba (Tan Hong district, Dong Thap) people still indifferent "live" with birds. Chickens and ducks in the yard captivity, as pairs of cages that house walls heavily polluted environment. Surrounding air as special because of bad smell chicken manure, duck pervasive way. Running water is scarce here so difficult sanitary living environment is assured.

Similarly, in social KaohRoKa, Thuong Phuoc opposite border (Tan Hong district), people still are not aware of the risk from influenza A/H5N1. People will not believe the case patients died in the district of Kompong Leav, Pray Veng Province is caused by influenza A/H5N1. "Livestock much hardship, fear stolen pens should be done next to the wall. What then do we not allow anyone to start their first kill poultry. Chicken feed in my small home sick from something where that destroyed "a social KaohRoKa people say so.

It is notable, while influenza A/H5N1 is threatening border province of Dong Thap Vietnam, many people still running at the same duck flock impartial Sliding fields of Cambodia to make bait. This situation easily leads to risk the flock, threatening human life and on his return will be distributed to local communities that can not control.

An official at the gate usually Phuoc said border province of Dong Thap is 37 km long run adjacent to Cambodia with large fields. Taking advantage of this location, many people now on the breeding of domestic ducks taken to close the border and then sliding into your country. Sliding through the morning of duck feeding fields in Cambodia, they mop the ducks on the way, while the task force at the gate of the thin, not control. "Most of them go through the chicken wings, but at the border are determined not to birds of unknown origin was over," the president said.