Egypt: Searching For Vaccine; Local Strain mutated, existing vaccine resistant to H5N1

September 29, 2010

President of the General Authority for Veterinary Services: 22 for a vaccine for bird flu in Egypt is given negative results and increase the incidence of and death

Minutes of the meeting recommend to the agriculture production of the vaccine and Egypt not to use imported vaccines

Vaccine Egypt Chinese soon .. and the establishment of a High Commission a national fortifications along the lines of the Ministry of Health to study the epidemiological situation and decided by the veterinary services, offering an international tender in the coming days to choose a new vaccine for avian influenza capable of dealing with the strain of local mutated by the virus and has become an extremely dangerous after it became all existing vaccines currently in the Egyptian market resistance to the disease

And Dr. Mohamed Mustafa Garhi Chairman of the Commission that all vaccines used to combat bird flu is neither effective nor more effective than 30%. And he said in exclusive statements to "money tomorrow," There are 22 companies in Egypt specialized in the field of vaccines imported 22 of the vaccine given to all negative results. Which led to high rates of injury, both human and bird flu or related to birds.

He Garhi to the Central Laboratory for the control of pharmaceutical veterinary Abbassiya will conduct a challenge test of the vaccine of the new measure of the effectiveness and efficiency of the vaccine in disease resistance and noted that there is one Chinese factories, which began in collaboration with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cairo in the isolation of strain local production of vaccine Egypt.

He criticized the chief of veterinary services indiscriminate in the use of vaccines, saying that "all of the bear become used to the vaccines have no effect and do not address the disease," with evidence that the injuries and deaths are high, "noting that it was obliged not to cancel the vaccines current and continue to fortify bird-to-be start using the new vaccine

In the same context, "money tomorrow," the minutes of the meeting of the Technical Committee to register the products Albologip veterinary and which it demanded that the Commission not to take any isolates of the virus or sent outside the country, but through legal channels so represented in the General Authority for Veterinary Services, you must follow the formal procedures and legal aspects of this regard .

Advised to note the minutes signed by the President of the Commission that you are a national company to produce bird flu vaccine so as to change the vaccine in accordance with the changes as the virus is constantly mutating and recommended the Commission not to approve the registration of a preparation of a vaccine, bird flu with them through the proxy for foreign companies and that is cooperation between the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture of China in agreement with the College of Veterinary Medicine, can benefit all parties vaccine, such as universities, research centers and others, but not limited monopoly on the people or companies also recommended the formation of a high commission a national fortifications along the lines of the Committee in the Ministry of Health be responsible for the study of the epidemiological situation and develop a plan and approval of immunizations required .