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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Iraq MOH on H1N1: Avoid crowded places, mentions a bf case in Jan




Health: pandemic flu entered the country and are advised to avoid crowded places to prevent

 Baghdad / Qais rods and long-Presse

Ministry of Health called citizens infected with chronic diseases, pregnant women and impaired pregnancy to review health centers with a view to taking the flu vaccine epidemiological, while announced proxy Technical Ministry of Health, Dr. Sattar Jabbar Saadi said the number of injuries flu epidemic in Iraq has reached (6)
cases only, including deaths and one 
.
said assistant general manager of the Department of Public Health, Dr. Mohammed Jaber told the "long", on Tuesday, that "influenza pandemic epidemic began to emerge in several neighboring regions, including Jordan and the Gaza Strip where he scored a number of injuries were registered six cases epidemic died two cases them, which declared a state of emergency in all health institutions in the region. " 
said Jabr he "formed a higher committee for this purpose and in cooperation with the Committee on Health and the Environment in the House of Representatives and took the necessary preparations to face the epidemic," noting that "the Ministry of Health has taken all necessary measures to provide medicines vaccines and create health institutions and cadres of medical and health were also provided more than one million doses of vaccines and more than one hundred thousand therapeutic dose of this disease. "
and called on citizens who appear to have flu symptoms to "review the health institutions and conduct the necessary tests to make sure safety of the flu and giving them necessary treatment to reduce the spread of the disease, "pointing out that" the ministry follows the position of this infectious disease through the operating room and throughout the (24) hours. "
and said the "seriousness of the disease are pregnant, the elderly and impaired immune," while you should avoid crowded places to curb the spread of the virus resulting from spray during sneezing and kissing of a patient to other persons. "
For his part, the agent Technical Ministry of Health, Dr. Sattar Jabbar Saadi said the number of injuries flu epidemic in Iraq (6) cases only, including deaths and one, noting that the ministry has More than a million doses of vaccines and more than one hundred thousand therapeutic dose.
said agent technical during a press conference held at the Ministry with the Director General of the Department of Public Health, and attended the "long", said the Ministry of "Health has taken all necessary measures to provide medicines and vaccines and to create health institutions The staffs of medical and health. "
said Saadi that the region experienced a wave of flu hit during (50) people in the Kingdom of Jordan and (10) injuries in Palestine, but the number of cases in Iraq so far (6) cases only. <THESE NUMBERS ARE WRONG.

explained that the Ministry of Health announced the case emergency in all health institutions and formed a higher committee chaired by the Minister of Health, Dr. Majid Hamad Amin and in collaboration with the Health and Environment Committee in the House of Representatives and took the necessary preparations to face the epidemic.
and pandemic influenza is an infectious disease caused a group of viruses under a "Orthomeksovariday" and that infect mammals, birds, and usually cause respiratory illnesses, especially pneumonia may be traction that lead to death, also caused these viruses other symptoms cough, muscle aches and fatigue, headache and sore throat.
revealed the Ministry of Health for registration deaths flu epidemic in the province of Babylon.

Spokesman Ministry of Health Dr. Ziad Tariq In an interview (range Press), "The pregnant woman died in Babylon after she pandemic influenza."
explained Tarek that "disease is prevalent in countries close to Iraq," stressing "take precautionary measures and preventive and activating the operating room and provide sufficient quantities of vaccines and medicines" .
and the Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers has, in the (5 July 2012), it has decided to prevent the import of birds and eggs from (18) countries, noting that the decision was taken to preserve the local environment and prevent the spread of bird flu.

An official source in the The Ministry of Health has revealed in January of this year, the emergence of a single case of bird flu (H5N1) in the city of Baghdad, noting that the results of the analyzes conducted by the Ministry of Health on this case were positive, and Iraq has witnessed in the month of February of the year (2006) and death of a person at the age of (39) years in the province of Sulaymaniyah north of the country because of his gender deadly bird flu virus, according to the Iraqi Health Ministry. 
virus is transmitted influenza air by coughing and sneezing, and poliovirus can enter the human body through the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth or eye also, It is also possible that travels through bird droppings of infected, the virus is highly contagious and fast-spreading, it is possible to kill the virus by detergents or exposure to sunlight, hence advised washing hands regularly to reduce the spread of infection.

and cause influenza virus infection seasonal lead to the death of senior Age and children each year, as the virus spreads in the form of a global pandemic occurs unexpectedly every 10-40 years, causing the death of millions in the world, according to Wikipedia.http://www.almadapaper.net/ar/news/2...F-%D9%88%D9%86