.contact us |.about us
    News > National News...
    Search:
        Advertisement
    Beijing on alert, China vows victory
    ( 2004-02-03 16:21) (Agencies/chinadaily.com.cn)

    China's capital Beijing, hit hard by last year's SARS epidemic, has stepped up checks for the bird flu virus sweeping across Asia as a top official vowed that the country would win the battle against the new health threat.

    Eleven of more than 30 provinces and autonomous regions have confirmed or suspected outbreaks of the avian influenza which has killed at least 12 people in Viet Nam and Thailand and led to the culling of millions of poultry in the region.

    Beijing on alert, China vows victory
    A chicken is tested for the bird flu virus at a poultry farm in Beijing. [Agencies]

    China's capital, which has yet to report any outbreaks of the deadly disease, has set up 200 bird flu monitoring stations, the Beijing Star News said on Tuesday.

    Beijing has banned the import of live chickens from other provinces and was carrying out spot checks at its border, halting three trucks with 6,000 live chickens from neighbouring Hebei Province on Monday, the Beijing News said.

    The city's centre for disease control has set up hotlines for residents to phone in suspected cases. Samples of poultry in Beijing's Haidian District tested negative.

    Beijing residents and the city government are particularly sensitive to the prospect of a bird flu outbreak after suffering badly from the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

    Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu, head of the National Bird Flu Prevention Headquarters set up recently to cope with the outbreak, vowed that China would defeat bird flu as well.

    "We will win the battle with the precious experience we gained in combating the SARS crisis last year," the Xinhua news agency quoted Hui as saying.

    Chinese mainland first confirmed that an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can jump to humans, occurred last month in the southern autonomous region of Guangxi.

    The outbreak has widened to include farms in other areas -- Hunan and Guangdong provinces in the south, Hubei and Anhui in the centre and a suburb of Shanghai. There are suspected cases in another five regions, including Xinjiang in the northwest.

    Nationwide, authorities have culled or vaccinated thousands of fowl, and ordered poultry farmers compensated and farms disinfected. Inspections have been stepped up at markets and some poultry processing factories, and markets have been shuttered.

    Beijing on alert, China vows victory
    A Chinese farmer looks at a veterinarian vaccinates a chicken at Pinyu county, Henan province, February 2, 2004, after a suspected outbreak of bird flu in the area. [Reuters]
    At one site, authorities placed about 3,200 farmers in bird-flu-infected Ezhou city in Hubei province under medical observation for three weeks. They will be isolated if they have a fever or catch a cold, the Beijing News said.

    Premier Wen Jiabao also visited Anhui and Hubei to inspect measures to curb the spread of the disease and ensure farmers were compensated.

    Wen has ordered measures to stem the spread of the disease, including timely updates from affected areas and preventive steps to keep the new strain from leaping to humans.

     
    Close  
       
      Today's Top News   Top National News
       
    +WHO: Bird flu death rises to 15; vaccination recommended
    (2004-02-05)
    +Solana: EU ready to lift China arms embargo
    (2004-02-05)
    +Nation tops TV, cell phone, monitor production
    (2004-02-05)
    +Absence ... still makes China hot
    (2004-02-05)
    +Hu: Developing world in key role
    (2004-02-04)
    +China confident of curbing bird flu: official
    (2004-02-05)
    +Absence ... still makes China hot
    (2004-02-05)
    +Department store faces music in copyright case
    (2004-02-04)
    +Official: Bird flu basically under control in China
    (2004-02-05)
    +Possible punishment for gay pimps
    (2004-02-05)
       
      Go to Another Section  
         
     
     
         
      Article Tools  
         
       
         
      Related Articles  
         
     

    +Premier urges strict bird flu measures
    2004-02-02

    +WHO experts assist China in bird flu campaign
    2004-02-03

    +Shanghai suspends poultry trade
    2004-02-03

    +WHO: Asia still has chance to beat bird flu
    2004-02-03

    +WHO says properly cooked chicken, eggs not risky
    2004-02-03

    +UN agency hosts emergency bird flu meeting in Rome
    2004-02-03

       
            .contact us |.about us
      Copyright By chinadaily.com.cn. All rights reserved  
    无码人妻精品一区二区三区久久| 日本精品自产拍在线观看中文| 中文字幕在线视频网| 67194成l人在线观看线路无码| 免费A级毛片无码无遮挡内射| 久久无码AV中文出轨人妻| 熟妇无码乱子成人精品| 中文字幕精品一区| 色噜噜狠狠成人中文综合| 国产高清无码毛片| 无码精品国产一区二区三区免费| 欧美日韩不卡一区二区三区中文字| 日韩少妇无码喷潮系列一二三| 少妇人妻无码专区视频| 人妻少妇无码精品视频区| 2022中文字字幕久亚洲| 欧美乱人伦中文字幕在线| 精品一区二区无码AV | 最近2019中文免费字幕在线观看| 国产在线无码一区二区三区视频| 亚洲AV无码久久精品色欲| 精品亚洲成A人无码成A在线观看| 最好看最新高清中文视频| 最新中文字幕AV无码不卡| 亚洲中文字幕无码永久在线| 亚洲AⅤ永久无码精品AA| 人妻无码精品久久亚瑟影视| 久久久久亚洲AV无码网站| 久久久久久国产精品免费无码| 午夜无码伦费影视在线观看| 亚洲精品无码专区久久久 | 亚洲欧美精品一区久久中文字幕| 一本一道AV无码中文字幕| 最近中文字幕在线中文高清版 | 久久99中文字幕久久| 色综合中文字幕| 亚洲欧美成人久久综合中文网| 日本无码小泬粉嫩精品图| A级毛片无码久久精品免费| 亚洲AV日韩AV永久无码久久| 人妻系列无码专区无码中出|