Avian flu: the world worries about

Recent media reports on avian influenza have made readers feel the urgency and fierceness of the governments of the countries around the world from the US, Britain, France, Sweden, Crotia, Russia and India. India, Thailand . in dealing with pandemics is about to happen.

A tank infected with the H5 virus that died right in the quarantine room has "disturbed" the health sector of the UK. A dead swan is enough to make the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture declare all poultry within 3km radius will be destroyed to prevent bird flu. The visits by the US Secretary of Health to Asian countries and the grant of US $ 38 million to help Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia strengthen supervision, testing and human resource training on bird flu showed that water America is 'distant sick room'.

Countries around the world are 'squeezing' Swiss drug firm Roche, which holds the patent for the drug Tamiflu to be exclusive and to grant certificates to other companies producing cheaper versions of drugs. Even with the motto 'people's health is first', Taiwan claims to produce Tamiflu in its own way without waiting for Roche to agree. The tension in storing flu drugs has spread throughout the world.

Meanwhile, experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) in recent times have repeatedly given warnings about a pandemic of bird flu that can spread throughout the world, capable of doing killed millions. In particular, Southeast Asia, the 'origin' of the epidemic and also the place to be indifferent to the most prevention, will be the place to bear the most severe consequences.

Looking back at Vietnam, while the whole world is worried about the increasingly complicated situation of bird flu, Vietnamese people are showing 'indifference' to this epidemic. That 'insensitivity' is quite evident on the mass media: every day, the news shows that information about the world bird flu, finding 'eye fatigue' still doesn't see bird flu. in VN!

The bird flu epidemic this time makes the whole world concerned because when it happens, it is not death of poultry as we often think but it is the loss of life. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that every country need to stock up on antiviral drugs and human flu vaccines that are often enough to treat at least 20% of the population, with Vietnam 20 million people.

How many doses of medicine did the Ministry of Health reserve to cope with the disease? What has the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development prepared? How have the authorities planned to actively take action? All must be informed continuously and promptly for people to know.

DUY HUỲNH

* The community needs to deal with bird flu

Avian influenza is gradually becoming a global threat with many industries affected and bad consequences will be chain-like if we cannot prevent it from the beginning but let it develop into a big epidemic.

Believing a flock of ducks in Hong Dan district (Bac Lieu) infected with avian influenza virus must be destroyed, some ducks farming farmers in Tra Vinh tore apart the ducks to cope with the vaccination, and while the delta provinces Cuu Long (Mekong Delta) is simultaneously deploying vaccine vaccines, so there is a shortage of vaccines . making us worry.

Especially in the situation of many countries in Asia, Europe continuously informed that migratory birds and poultry have been infected with H5N1 flu, and even some people have died of H5N1 infection in Thailand, Indonesia, China and the nest. The World Health Organization is constantly giving warnings about a dangerous pandemic that is likely to occur on a large scale, not allowing each of us to be negligent and subjective before the flu season - winter - on one approaching.

In the context of small and scattered livestock production, the area is difficult to access and the veterinary network is too thin with the staff, the policy of support is too limited as today, if not fully People respond and actively participate, the resolute direction and the efforts of the state and the support of the international community will be difficult to achieve the set objectives, the results will not be as expected.

The situation of diseases in poultry and humans and economic and social consequences from a pandemic will be unpredictable. So each of us needs to see responsibility for the community, also to protect ourselves, our families and loved ones; Please strictly abide by the local veterinary agency's regulations in vaccination, ensuring full vaccination, on schedule, without missing out on any vaccinated individuals. Do not transport, trade, slaughter, eat poultry and newly laid eggs during a safe isolation period after vaccination as prescribed.

At the same time, it is necessary to propagandize and mobilize people around to abide by and perform as they do, to contribute to the country to effectively prevent the epidemic from recurring, and to help our country contribute to the community. international repulsive, early elimination of this dangerous disease returns normal life to many people.

There are too many difficulties are placed on the role of veterinary industry, firstly in the vaccination work, then the quarantine surveillance in slaughtering, transporting and transporting in the people is always going on complicatedly, If everyone is involved in meat, eggs, breeds, food . poultry products without a sense of vigilance, not strictly follow a certain stage in the provisions of the Ordinance on Veterinary Medicine H5N1 influenza in particular and other diseases in general, the implementation of plans to act under the direction of the government will be very difficult, the bad consequences will be unavoidable.

Therefore, in addition to the efforts of the veterinary industry, it is necessary to require more active support from sectors, authorities and communities. Especially, we have to work together to propagandize and mobilize farmers to have the right awareness, to be aware of their responsibilities before the common threat, to respond and actively participate in vaccination for poultry.

In the immediate future, the bird flu is still hanging, farmers should boldly change livestock, should not continue raising poultry (including waterfowl species), but should be a series of large-scale farming breaks, ensuring a minimum isolation time of several cycles, when the epidemic is stable, it should be organized carefully for planning, techniques, safe breeds and adequate vaccines. should be raised to avoid damage.

Hotel NGUYEN VAN THO (Ca Mau Department of Science)