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✎ EN UK government prepares for 750 000 deaths from bird flu

Discussion in 'Open Bar' started by massagelondon, Apr 29, 2005.

  1. massagelondon

    massagelondon Active Member

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    due to a late order of anti-viral medicines (15 mln doses) and a high demand for this remedy around the world - the uk authorities are preparing for the worst. They expect the bird flu to strike before the whole order will be completed by March 2007.

    Some scientists now believe that up to 2 mln will die in the UK alone.

    http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_b ... ory=624058
     
  2. lopez176

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    bird flu protection

    There is no need to get so panick about bird flu as there are some protective measures against it.They are as follows.

    Avoid all direct contact with poultry, including touching well-appearing, sick, or dead chickens and. Avoidplaces, such as poultry farms and bird markets, where live poultry are raised or kept, and avoid handling surfaces contaminated with poultry feces or secretions.
    • As with other infectious illnesses, one of the most important preventive practices is careful and frequent handwashing. Cleaning your hands often, using soap and water (or waterless alcohol-based hand rubs when soap is not available and hands are not visibly soiled), removes potentially infectious material from your skin and helps prevent disease transmission.
    • Handwashing is especially important when preparing raw poultry for cooking (including during cooking classes).
    • Influenza viruses are destroyed by heat; therefore, as a precaution, all foods from poultry, including eggs and poultry blood, should be thoroughly cooked . For more information on bird flu you can visit different sites.
     
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    bird flu UK London

    Lopez - we are talking about the bird flu pandemic when the virus mutates and can be spread by a contact with other people.
     

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