International bird flu warming during the Spring Festival travel abroad should pay attention to prevention, to prevent infection

Source: Public Relations Office of Public Relations
Date: 2011/1/30
According to World Health Organization and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced data from the last (99) in December, the international human and bird flu in poultry warming, the CDC advise, people should pay attention to Gerenweisheng Spring Festival travel abroad, and avoid contact with birds and out of traditional markets, such as return when fever or flu-like symptoms, quarantine officers may seek the assistance of the airport, if ill after returning home, should wear face masks for medical treatment as soon as possible to the physicians note Tourism and history of exposure to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.
Last year there were 48 cases of confirmed cases of human H5N1 influenza, reporting countries and regions including Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, China, Hong Kong and Cambodia, confirmed cases have a very high proportion of birds had a history of exposure; Ling OIE announced today ( 100) than on countries such as Korea and Bangladesh, spread of bird flu in poultry, including South Korea due to the rapid spread of the epidemic on January 12 this year, decided the alert level from "Note (Caution)" raised to "alert ( Warm) ".
Human infection with H5N1 avian influenza transmission is via inhalation or contact with mouth, eyes, nasal mucosa infected with the avian influenza virus can survive in the environment for a long time, especially when temperatures are low, so meat and eggs must be completely cook and then eat. CDC also urged doctors to be vigilant, if there is suspected bird flu cases should take the initiative to ask travel / contact history, such as influenza antiviral agent used found objects at public expense, shall promptly be given drug treatment, and communicated to the Health Unit as soon as possible.
Relevant international bird flu and related control measures can be found in its website http://www.cdc.gov.tw, or call the public notification and consultation epidemic toll-free contact 1922.