The New Zealand government conducts bird flu prevention exercises

Introduction: Wellington, Sept 29 (reporter Xia Wenhui) according to media reports on the 29th, mark Jacobs, the head of public health affairs of New Zealand government, announced on the 29th that the New Zealand government has started to coordinate with customs, Ministry of health, Ministry of foreign affairs and trade, Ministry of social development, Ministry of economic development and other departments to carry out the exercise of bird flu prevention, which will be collected in the next few weeks Report the implementation effect of preventive measures According to reports, the New Zealand government published a medical research report at the beginning of the year, saying that if the bird flu attacks New Zealand, it may cause 3700 deaths and 20000 hospitalizations, and 25% of the country's more than 4 million people need to provide epidemic prevention guidance At present, the New Zealand government has allocated S $26 million (about US $18 million) to purchase and reserve 850 thousand doses of the anti influenza virus drug "Tamiflu" produced by the Swiss pharmaceutical factory The amount is based on the World Health Organization's recommendation that countries stockpile enough anti cold drugs for a quarter of the country's population According to the recommendation of the World Health Organization, "Tamiflu" can effectively reduce the symptoms of cold patients, but also reduce the probability of virus carriers to spread the virus It is reported that the United States, Italy, France, Canada, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands and other countries have a large number of stocks of anti cold drugs Jacobs stressed that the good and clean living habits of the whole people are more effective in preventing disease transmission Therefore, the government calls on all walks of life to vigorously carry out cleaning publicity and improve public health awareness.