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Because of the presence of bird flu in the continent of Africa, several countries have begun to take measures to protect their citizens against being infected. The Government of the Republic of Lberia has issued a public health message for reducing the risk of bird flu in the country.
I’m putting the advisory up for the sake of everyone around the planet who are or might encounter bird flu:
- Do not eat sick or dead chickens or other sick or dead birds. They can kill you. (Caveat: this does not refer to frozen chickens SOLD in markets or groceries who passed inspections.)
- Seek immediate treatment from your local clinic if you have fever after being in contact with sick or dead poultry;
- Report sick or dead birds to the local authorities;
- Keep birds away from children and living areas;
- Do not sleep with chickens;
- Do not enter the country with a box of chickens;
- Keep poultry away from wild birds and separate species;
- Separating species helps prevent transmission, especially from wild birds;
- Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after handling birds; cooking or preparing poultry products; and before eating;
- Cook well all poultry products;
- When you cook eggs, make sure the yolk and white of the egg are hard;
- Keep raw poultry and eggs away from other foods;
- Keep yourself and your poultry away from water and feed that can be attacked by wild birds;
- For poultry importers, do not trade birds of unknown origin unless there is certificate of a reference source that they are free from Avian Influenza.
[Source: AllAfrica.com]
Tags: bird flu, bird flu plan, pandemic
1499 days ago
[...] Thailand had been case-free for the past eight months because of concerted efforts to monitor and cull infected chickens and birds expeditely. So I’m surprised that people still handle dead chickens and birds that died mysteriously. To think that Phichit and Phitsanulok are provinces considered as “bird flu red zones”. The country, and its neighboring asian countries, definitely need to be more vigilant than ever to warn people of how deadly it can be to handle carcasses of birds, and more so inform on how to protect oneself from being infected with the virus . [...]
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