Beijing announces emergency plan for avian influenza

Lead: Xinhua news agency, Beijing, Nov 28 - laboratory analysis showed that H5N1 virus isolated from the samples of human avian influenza patients in China has high homology with the virus isolated from the samples of birds in the epidemic area, the Ministry of Health said on Nov 28 However, compared with H5N1 avian influenza virus in Vietnam, the gene sequence of the virus has changed to some extent But the mutation does not have the ability to cause human to human transmission At present, no human cases of H5N1 avian influenza virus have been found in Europe ■ relevant news Beijing releases the avian influenza emergency plan news (reporter Zhao Lei) the Beijing highly pathogenic avian influenza emergency plan has been revised, and the municipal government has announced it to the society through qianlong.com, capital window and other websites The revised emergency plan defines the four levels of early warning of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which are expressed in blue, yellow, orange and red from low to high, and standardizes the release process of early warning information; establishes four levels of early warning response and four levels of emergency response mechanisms, and details the specific measures and processes of early warning response and emergency response; emphasizes the time limit and time limit of information submission Program People who do not contact dead or diseased birds will not be infected with the virus, according to Xinhua news agency, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday Since 1997, human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) have been found in Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and the mainland of China The Ministry of health has made it clear that the results of epidemiological investigation and laboratory research on these cases show that direct contact with infected birds, their secretions and excreta, inhalation of virus particles in their secretions or excreta are the main ways and means of human infection with avian influenza.