Vietnam has implemented a rehearsal on combating potential bird
flu outbreaks among people at the Noi Bai International Airport in
Hanoi capital, local newspaper Pioneer reported
Wednesday.
Vietnam's immigration
officers conduct a rehearsal on combating potential bird flu
outbreaks among people at the Noi Bai International Airport in
Hanoi capital, Dec. 18, 2007.
At the rehearsal on Tuesday, means of first aid, transport and
isolation for bird flu patients were prepared in a mock situation,
in which three out of 300 passengers on an international flight
from an affected region, which was about to land, had fever, and
one had breathing difficulties.
Environment from the airplane to isolation areas, passengers'
belongings, and conveyors were disinfected.
In the mock situation, bird flu virus strain H5N1 mutated for
human-to-human transmission in a small scale and broken out in some
countries.
Medical workers conduct a
rehearsal on combating potential bird flu outbreaks among people at
the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi capital, Dec. 18,
2007.
Vietnam has detected seven bird flu patients from the five
northern provinces of Vinh Phuc, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Ha Nam and
Ha Tay since May 10, of whom four died, according to the Preventive
Medicine Department under the Vietnamese Health Ministry.
(Xinhua News Agency December 20, 2007)
