Margaret Chan warns that can't despise the first type H1N1 influenza epidemic situation

Margaret Chan warns that can't despise the first type H1N1 influenza epidemic situation
Margaret Chan warns that can't despise the first type H1N1 influenza epidemic situation
Geneva, May 18 (Xinhua) ' Reporter far actor Yang in the Liu 's) Margaret Chan, Secretary General of World Health Organization, warns on May 18, the diffusion of the first type H1N1 influenza epidemic situation will continue, though most patients have relatively light condition at present, and there is not many death toll, but in view of the uncertainty of variation risk and epidemic situation development of the virus, the international community can't adopt a casual attitude to this. Margaret Chan makes a speech at the 62nd World Health Assembly opening on the same day, new H1N1 influenza virus that this kind of contagiousness is very strong is spreading rapidly in the whole world. It is most according to present situation, not including Mexico the infeted have relatively light condition, and the death is fewer in number, but the behavior of influenza virus and development of epidemic situation of influenza are often changeable, perhaps this virus has given common people one " Grace period " ,Nobody knows this " Grace period " How long to sustain, it is " calmness before the storm " that nobody says this accurately . Margaret Chan says, already first type H1N1 influenza appears to make a definite diagnosis of the case in some countries of the Southern Hemisphere at present, and the seasonal influenza high-incidence season of the Southern Hemisphere will come soon. "We have sufficient reason that is afraid this virus will influence each other with other virus travelling among persons. " In addition, as the increasingly many person is infected with first type H1N1 influenza virus, unpredictable too how H5N1 bird flu virus that has originally already taken root in the poultry of some countries will behave. She says, the great prominent characteristic that prevails of influenza is that the global all people are easy to be infected, though not all people are infected, almost all people face infecting the risk. And the reality is, the global production capacity against virus medicine and influenza vaccine is limited, can not meet 6,800 million residents' demands. So, there must be clear pertinence in the measures of disease prevention and control of the governments of various countries, in order to prevent limited precious resources from being wasted. She says, WHO may propose various countries use the main resources of prevention and control for the risky crowd, including person suffering from chronic disease and pregnant woman,etc. before infecting with the virus. Margaret Chan has put emphasis on the importance of fully helping developing countries to take precautions against epidemic situation, and urge the international community to " utilize the present one ' grace period ' wisely " strongly ,Study all actions that can be adopted together carefully, in order to prevent developing countries from becoming the main victim of a global infectious disease again.


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