Egypt: Gov't begins to support the consumption of frozen poultry to combat bird flu

December 11, 2010

Decided that the National Committee to combat bird flu today, Saturday, the start of the plan to support consumption of frozen poultry instead of living to fight bird flu, the implementation of one of the most important recommendations of its second meeting last weekend, at the same time Ministry of Health announced that the lack of funding is the reason for the delay put the vaccine "local" anti-bird flu.

The Commission declared that the number of countries hit by injuries with bird flu (h5n1) were 15 of 509 cases, including 303 cases and deaths, or the rate of death of 67.2%, and Egypt came as the third country in terms of number of cases detected since March 2006 , and so far the virus has claimed the lives of 37 cases out of 113 cases of infection and death rate of 32.7% and, therefore, Egypt is the least in the average mortality compared to the world average, according to d. The woman and the Minister of Health.

The mountain that during 2011, will take a set of procedures in the Ministry of Health, including the continued surveillance of avian influenza A/H5N1, influenza A/H1N1, influenza-like illness, pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome at the level of all hospitals about 450 hospitals and 4000 health units, as well as continued training activities, and raising the efficiency of preventive health team, and attention to foster the culture of vaccination against seasonal influenza among the team healthy and citizens access to vaccines to cover the health team to 85%, and re-broadcast 10 television notices.

The mountain, the Ministry of Agriculture will work to activate the law No. 70 to alter the pattern of consumption, and directed to the frozen poultry instead of living, which will reduce the spread of the disease, to be a comparative study of the price difference between the two, drawing attention to that during the meeting was to discuss mechanisms to enforce the law, is scheduled to address the Attorney General to give more powers to local councils to set the car dissenting movement of affected birds and give instructions to death.

The Minister of Health, the laboratory diagnosis of cases are in 6 laboratories, Ministry of Health covered all over the country, and there are sections of isolation and treatment of cases infected with bird flu in 57 hospital admitted and released at the level of the Republic, there are still 29 team a quick response on the district level, and 270-level departments, and there is a strategic reserve of Tamiflu up to 2,5 million doses were provided in all hospitals provide the service, as was the provision of 10 million ordinary mask, mask and 100 million high-efficiency.

He noted that there are no cases of bird flu in farms, but education at home is the source of primary concern, adding that he will apply the safety standards of bio-and raised from 32% to 70% during 2011, as well as raise the capacity of the massacres to 800 million birds a year, affirming that it was expected to produce vaccines locally, but the lack of funding is the reason for the delay in making the vaccine.