(International) summarization: Australia prepares for avian influenza

Xinhua Canberra 11, 30 may review: Australia prepares for avian influenza

Australia 29, the national avian influenza exercise, from Government and industry for nearly a thousand people took part in the exercises to test response to avian influenza outbreaks in Australia. This is a series of Australia relating to the exercise in history.

Australia is a large, long-term importance to animal husbandry epizootic control. O regular exercises relevant topics, effectively strengthen the animal disease prevention and control system. The annual output of 36 million poultry industry Australia Australian dollars (AUD $ approximately 1 0.73 USD), avian influenza prevention and control of diseases Australia is always an important part of the strategy. 1976, Australia had five times to the avian influenza virus attacks, each time to culling, disinfection and limit the mobility measures success control of the situation.

Although Australia has no H5N1 avian influenza virus, but Australia attaches great importance to the work of HPAI. All levels of Government and between Government and industry attention to coordination, health, agriculture and forestry, environment and trade sectors have close collaborative relationships. Through many seminars on avian influenza meeting and exercises to strengthen and examination of federal and State Government, Government, and communication between the industry.

HPAI, Australia also pay attention to the dissemination of public information. The Australian Government's view, bad public information releases will weaken domestic emergencies on o. The Government designated the national 200 professional bodies publish relevant information. Emergency response plan according to the different stages of the epidemic development, set up different information publishing solution. In addition, the Government and the industry has extensive cooperation, the biological safety of the public education activities.

Because of possible bird flu cause a human influenza pandemic, Australia has developed a very specific and competitive operation of the emergency plan. The Federal Ministry of health has issued June this year 150 pages of "Australia flu pandemic management plan". Under the plan, Australia there are two main strategies to address possible human influenza pandemic. A blockade is broken: border, the isolation of patients and their contacts and the other is resist plugging in to protect the basic health care and other services. "Management plan" detailing the specific responsibilities of the relevant departments, and even masks isolation of model and give staff meal and other matters are involved.

Australia Government purchase of nearly 400 million doses of influenza virus drug, if in per capita terms, Australia is the world's reserves of such drugs one of the highest. Australia also purchased 25 thermal scanners, in the event of a human influenza pandemic, a few hours in the airport monitor temperature in the past, there Australia staff also prepares a 4000 million medical masks and can accommodate up to 3000 people isolation facilities. (Finished)