Palestine-Meeting with the health and agriculture ministries to review the backgrounds bird flu situation

19:05:10 - 16:54
PNN-met with Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture has been the review of all backgrounds the case of avian influenza reported by the laboratory in Israel and all that has been the repercussions of the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Commission on the background of what came from the media about the inconsistent statements and opinions of officials and by the ministries of agriculture and health understanding and full cooperation declare as follows:

"All the reporting laboratory to date at the second evening" on 19/5/2010 instability of any case of H5N1 bird flu despite the great efforts made by the veterinarians and staff in the ministries of agriculture and health in the survey epidemiological Qatar 10 km from the farm suspected of knowing that samples were tested in both laboratories, the Palestinian and Israeli alike.

It was announced previously for the presence of other diseases, especially non-poultry avian influenza H5N1 note that the veterinary medical procedures have limited the poultry deaths and a significant decrease in mortality.

If it were done of stone, the region and cooperation with security agencies was a measure healthy "recommended by international health organizations and animal where the farm was suspected and this was needed to confirm the finding large for the work of other actions recommended by these organizations, as stated by both Ministers of health and agriculture, note that each of them was still adheres to the recommendations of international organizations and provided for by the Palestinian national plan to combat bird flu.

The Supreme National Committee to combat bird flu when added on Saturday, has assessed the epidemiological situation and dates of various reports of the laboratory and the scientific to the spread of the disease and the incubation period for this disease and the number of deaths declining, and the absence of any symptoms in poultry refer to this disease, especially that the report the only one who was in the hands of the Committee had before it two weeks, and the Committee found there was no need to take any action as long as the situation has been controlled and this can Nazih to the following:
Individual case is weak infection and this rarely happens, but it happened.

Laboratory error received from the other party.

But all indications point to the lack of an epidemic and in the herd or region.

Although it was held a telephone conference with the Israeli party meeting was held the next day between teams of medical services Veterinary both sides, where the discussion of all things technical, administrative and procedural, where there was a consensus of the validity of action taken by the Authority Palestinian National Authority.

Despite all that, the Ministries of Agriculture and Health recommends that the staff to intensify the effort in the process of epidemiological survey, which is already in routine work as the area affected and the possible arrival of the disease is contained.

The Ministries of Health and Agriculture to deal with full transparency with this event and any event where it is part of the Palestinian national strategy, and do everything in our power to protect Palestinian citizens first, and the national economy, II.