Simultaneously implementing solutions to prevent bird flu

The Director of Animal Health Department affirmed that the most important thing to prevent bird flu is to synchronously implement solutions, in which planning and construction of breeding, slaughtering and trading areas should be implemented immediately. Concentrated poultry, away from residential areas.

Director of Veterinary Department Bui Quang Anh

On October 20, interviewed by a reporter, Dr. Bui Quang Anh, Director of the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that although from August until now, avian influenza has been on the whole scale. The water has softened, there is no new outbreak, no new patients infected with influenza A (H5N1) virus, but the pathogen is still and potential to recur.

"According to the experts of the world, Vietnam is in the 3rd phase of bird flu, that is, there are people infected from poultry, but not spread from person to person," said Bui Quang. He said. "Therefore, on the basis of the urgent action plan to prevent and control avian influenza and human influenza pandemic announced by the Government, localities need to build their own plans, mobilize all resources and apply all measures to prevent pandemics For the animal health sector, the current focus is on well implementing the vaccination plan for poultry ".

According to the director, while some localities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Ha Tay urgently implement the project on epidemic prevention and control, many provinces are still very slow. Many industries and localities have not considered prevention of bird flu as an important and drastic issue, not spending time, human resources and appropriate funding for this work. In addition, people are subjective.

Mr. Bui Quang Anh said that there were 37 provinces and cities implementing vaccination with a total of over 56 million doses of vaccine, all imported from abroad. He said in the long term research agencies and scientific agencies such as Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Institute of Veterinary Medicine need to research and produce vaccines in the country.