Taiwan invests 20 billion yuan to prevent and control avian influenza

Introduction: Hou Shengmao, director of health of the executive yuan of Taiwan, said yesterday that the Department of health is preparing to respond to bird flu with NT $20 billion, and has drawn up prevention and control regulations, which are currently under review by the Executive Yuan Hou also said Roche would like to discuss the patent right of "anti influenza" with Taiwan                             According to Su Yiren, director of the clinical research group of the Taiwan Institute of health, Roche pharmaceutical factory has preliminarily decided to authorize other regions capable of producing "anti influenza" Taiwan is the first region capable of receiving and requesting authorization Although they haven't made the final decision yet, it is a good result and a win-win situation He pointed out that the purity of Taiwan's "gram flu" production is as high as 99.5% The inter ministerial anti epidemic exercise was held yesterday by the Agricultural Committee of the Executive Yuan, together with several departments, to carry out the anti epidemic exercise of high pathogenic avian influenza, and to exercise the anti epidemic measures of smuggling, epidemic notification, epidemic investigation, diagnosis and killing of avian influenza Poultry and pig producers were also on the scene to observe and practice the epidemic monitoring, epidemic notification, personnel safety protection, treatment of infected chickens and other epidemic prevention measures Li Jinlong urges people not to panic Li Jinlong, chairman of the Agriculture Committee of the Executive Yuan, said that due to the frequent spread of high pathogenic avian influenza in the world, Taiwan should make "the worst plan but the best preparation"; Taiwan is still a non epidemic area of high pathogenic avian influenza, and the consumption of meat and poultry products is safe The agriculture committee has banned the import of poultry products from the epidemic area, and strengthened various epidemic prevention measures The people Don't panic too much Jiayi vaccinated the livestock industry As the livestock industry is the most frequent contact with livestock, the Health Bureau of Jiayi county held a special epidemic prevention conference yesterday, and gave free influenza vaccine to the livestock industry Chen Mingming, head of Jiayi County, pointed out that because the clinical symptoms of influenza are very similar to those of SARS and avian influenza, in order to avoid confusion in clinical diagnosis, 2438 breeding households of Zao, duck, goose and pig in Jiayi county were specially included in the vaccination targets Under the threat of bird flu, the antiviral agent "Ke flu" has become a hot commodity for Taiwanese Some people found that some health insurance pharmacies accepted the reservation and are expected to be available in December, Roche said it was indeed the case The medical community and the epidemic prevention doctors pointed out that if people go to areas where there is animal avian influenza, it is enough to wear masks and pay attention to personal hygiene and wash hands frequently Taking drugs indiscriminately may promote drug resistance of the virus Guandu natural park strengthened epidemic prevention Guandu Natural Park said it would strengthen the cleaning and disinfection of public areas such as the natural center and birdwatching hut, so as to provide safe and comfortable visiting space for the public The park will also regularly record changes in the number of birds, and keep an eye on whether there are any abnormal deaths or injuries.