Gao Qiang: the Chinese government is determined to be able to control avian influenza

Lead: Xinhua Beijing, Nov 30 (reporter Zhu Yu, Liu Yizhan), Minister of Health Gao Qiang said Wednesday that up to now, there have been about 30 outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry or migratory birds in 11 provinces in China, and 3 cases of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza have been found, including 1 in South Lake and 2 in Anhui According to Gao Qiang, the close contacts of the three patients, including parents, relatives and medical staff who received and treated the patients, through strict medical observation, no abnormal clinical manifestations and no human to human transmission were found Gao said that after the outbreak in Anhui and Hunan provinces, the people's governments of Anhui and Hunan Province launched the emergency response mechanism in time, organized medical and health departments to actively treat patients, strengthened epidemic monitoring and conducted medical observation on close contacts The Ministry of health timely sent expert groups to Anhui and Hunan to assist in epidemiological investigation, patient diagnosis and laboratory testing, and invited experts from the World Health Organization to China to discuss the situation of epidemic prevention and control, laboratory testing, diagnosis and treatment of patients Gao said that in view of the current epidemic situation of avian influenza, the Chinese government, while striving to do a good job in the prevention and control of avian influenza, has made effective prevention and control of human infection of avian influenza a top priority, focusing on prevention, control and treatment Strengthen the epidemic situation monitoring, improve the early warning ability, cut off the contact between people and dead birds in time, reduce the chance of the epidemic disease spreading to the crowd; timely discover and report the epidemic situation, launch the emergency plan, implement the control measures and prevent the spread of the epidemic according to the provisions of the law of the people's Republic of China on the prevention and control of infectious diseases; timely send the patients to designated hospitals for treatment, organize expert consultation and improve the treatment Scheme.