Bird flu in the Mekong Delta: Between the "internal work, external attack"

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Updated: 8:41 AM, 29/04/2010

Activities in high-risk environment, but the regime for veterinary officials in Dong Thap too low, will affect the quality of prevention and CGC. Photo: L.T

(Labor) - While many localities are struggling to fend off the risk of avian influenza (CGC), the Mekong Delta increased each day to receive more pressure from the other side of the border: Cambodia Ministry of Health announced the re-broke service CGC development in Kompong Leav district, Prey Veng province, located adjacent to the Dong Thap province.
Risk

Immediately after the Cambodian Health Ministry announced translated Kompong Leav district, Prey Veng province, CGC has been extremely dangerous outbreaks in adjacent border: Appeared patients died from the flu on 19.4. The breeding habits and peculiar terrain unsuitable for farming to duck across the border of Vietnam - Cambodia that can spread germs, but because of the terrain immediately downstream boundary should be able ton CGC public, threaten the security risk of Dong Thap is very worried. And with particular water, from Dong Thap, CGC is very easy to spread, threatening the Mekong Delta.

According to veterinary experts, in fact this risk drops to just overflowing cup, by several days, the province of Dong Thap has discovered many cases positive for the H5N1 virus in chickens and poultry samples supervision. Be Hien Vo MSc - Department of Animal Health Department, Dong Thap province - said: "On 18/03, the test samples showed that the reason birds had over 200 children died in the district continuously Reeds is due to H5N1 infection. "

Although soon after, the destruction, disinfection, stamping services to be deployed quickly, but there is concern that the birds had just reported the facts to vets after 2-3 days bear no penetration. In particular, the MSc Hien, the percentage positive for bird flu on samples in the monitoring phase in the random central market, the urban level is high. Over 36 test samples in the central market leaders TP.Cao, 7 samples detected positive for H5N1 virus. This suggests, not only outside the ceremony, which immediately inside the main domestic risk was hidden.


Bird flu outbreaks.

Original swing right

Each commune has only one veterinary staff, in addition to vaccination, livestock management, poultry slaughter participate in monitoring the area, while concurrently capturing always the signal for the first time localized , stamping service. Even in provinces bordering Cambodia such as An Giang, Kien Giang, Dong Thap ... they also have to monitor movement of poultry through the quota. Then pig blue ear pressure, foot and mouth disease ... A lot of veterinary work will rely on their shoulders. Therefore, veterinary staff (CBTYCS) is viewed as a source of veterinary work However, in some localities, the original is being shaken.

MA Baby Hien Vo confirmed: "Most are trained and operate in hazardous environment, high risk, but also an allowance by a factor of 1% minimum wage, CBTYCS not enjoy any what mode of accident insurance, medical and social. Therefore, it is difficult for them to work wholeheartedly, in a long career. Every year, CBTYCS resignation, quit and moved to very high. Every time like that, the prevention CGC local back scratch. "

Land with land topography, rivers like the Mekong Delta river immediately, without any locality can create your own safety corridors based on the fragmentary way. And once these local goods are porous defense in the right position of the most important prevention CGC also means that the Mekong Delta was pushed into attack range of the H5N1 virus.