China cannot control bird flu because of fake vaccines

China warns that epidemics in Liaoning province could become "disastrous." The reason for controlling failure is because the province vaccinated poultry with fake and poor quality vaccines produced in the country.

Inspectors stationed on main roads to check poultry transport facilities in China.

"Using fake and poor quality vaccines will lead to a disaster. Vaccination will no longer work and can cause huge losses," Agriculture Minister Du Qingling said. Experts are concerned that once the H5N1 virus spreads, the risk of its mutation will be greater, as it has more opportunities to exchange genes with regular flu and easily spread from person to person.

"Bird flu has not yet been thoroughly controlled in China and the danger of spreading is still visible in some areas," Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said during a survey trip in Liaoning province.

According to the official Chinese report on the World Health Organization on November 3, about 6 million chickens, ducks and geese have been destroyed in Liaoning province since the outbreak. 18 Heishan villages are affected. Police and military were mobilized to support the destruction. 3 other translation points in Hunan, Inner Mongolia and Anhui have been controlled "quite well".

To prepare for the pandemic, China said it will also produce Tamiflu anti-bird flu virus. Roche Pharmaceutical, which holds the only copyright to produce Tamiflu, is negotiating a license for Shanghai Pharmaceutical Group."Currently the negotiation process is in the technical part so it is impossible to know when an agreement will be reached," said Shanghai representative Roche, Xu Chao. If negotiated successfully, Shanghai Group will take about 6 months to start mass production.

China is still waiting for verification of three suspected bird flu patients, one of whom died in Hunan province last month.

My Linh (according to AFP)