March 1, 2013, 16:20
March for the protection of the public safety of high risk of exposure to avian viruses, Hualien County Health Bureau will provide the first line of medical, epidemic prevention personnel customs, airport and port security personnel, the Coast Guard and Coast Guard personnel, and plan to visit in 2012 travelers have occurred in the countries of the animal avian influenza, influenza A/H5N1 vaccination services.
Health Bureau said that the vaccinated subjects can go to meet the conditions of the Township of Hualien County health centers, DOH Hualien Hospital, Yuli Hospital, Fongbin, Aboriginal Branch vaccinated.
According to statistics provided by the World Health Organization, once human infection of H5N1 avian influenza, the mortality rate of up to sixty percent; Taiwan and has not been confirmed cases of avian flu, only for high-risk people such vaccine inoculation in order to reduce the risk of the H5N1 avian influenza risk.
Health Bureau has called for external staff, including customs, quarantine personnel other than the first line, the other including livestock breeding, slaughtering, trafficking and transportation-related behavior, are all possible contact with avian viruses personnel, the same with a high risk of infection.
In addition, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) issued avian flu occurred countries, including Hong Kong, Vietnam, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Israel, Cambodia and Bu Village, Bhutan and China and other places, the proposed plan and from the area people can be inoculated with influenza A/H5N1 vaccine to protect the safety of travel.
Health Bureau further object of this vaccine for adults over the age of 18 the complete vaccination need two doses of vaccine, two doses should be spaced 21 days; Free vaccination from March 1 to August 31 As for the general public, you do not need to avian influenza vaccine inoculation; information about the voluntary immunization program, can further call Hualien County Health Bureau Tel 8226975 contact, or directly to the Centers for Disease Control of the Department of Health, Executive Yuan 1922 The Dedicated asked. http://www.nownews.com/2013/03/01/11689-2908213.htm
