Not to re-start bird flu

* Establishing eight inspection teams to supervise the prevention and control of epidemics

Yesterday 22 August, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent an urgent request to the Chairman of the People's Committee of provinces and cities asking ' to concentrate on the highest effort to perform some urgent tasks ' in the epidemic prevention and control work. bird flu and influenza A (H5N1) in humans.

The Prime Minister asked the Chairman of local People's Committees to focus on leading, directing and mobilizing forces to strengthen inspection and strict control of border gates, along the border, strictly implement the policy of stopping poultry imports. , poultry products from countries with outbreaks. Detect, prevent and strictly handle cases of smuggling poultry and poultry products. Resolutely not to occur outbreaks of bird flu and influenza A (H5N1) in humans in the area .

In the afternoon of the same day, Mr. Bui Quang Anh - Director of Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) - said that over the past eight months, avian influenza has not occurred in Vietnam. But the epidemic situation in the world and especially in the region ' is going very complicated, there is a risk of spreading and causing a very high outbreak in our country '.

The Director of the Department of Animal Health also said that the agency has set up eight missions to inspect (starting 22-8) the preservation, use of vaccines and urging the preparation for the flu vaccination plan. poultry in the second round of 2006. This second round of vaccination vaccination will be carried out in August and September 2006 in all key localities.

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