Recently, in the United States and Mexico of human infection with swine influenza virus, the World Health Organization has declared the epidemic as "the impact of an international public health emergency." Although the epidemic in China has not yet been found, but the need to strengthen the public of human infection with swine influenza prevention and control of the health of HIV awareness, improve self-protection ability of the public. To this end, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention experts on issues related to answer questions from reporters.
Q: What is the swine flu? Swine influenza virus infection can give?
A: The swine flu is a type of pig from a swine influenza virus causing respiratory disease, the virus can cause swine influenza outbreak.
Usually very few human cases of swine influenza virus infection. In recent years, the United States also exceptional cases of swine flu infection, most patients with sick pigs have had direct contact person.
Q: How can people infected with swine flu? Of human infection with swine flu symptoms and after the performance?
A: The people may be infected through contact or contact with live influenza virus infection in pigs the environment, or with swine influenza virus infections occurred in contact with people.
Of human infection with swine flu after the flu symptoms and is similar to ordinary people, including fever, cough, sore throat, body pain, headache, chills and fatigue, and some also suffered from diarrhea and vomiting, weight would be secondary to pneumonia and respiratory failure, or even death.
Q: Are there any treatment of swine flu vaccine?
A: Although there is no vaccine to prevent human infection with swine influenza, but of human infection with swine influenza is preventable, controllable, can rule.
Q: Will eating pork infected with swine flu?
A: There is no evidence that the spread of swine flu through food. Therefore, the consumption of properly cooked pork and pork products are safe. The internal temperature of cooked pork 71 ℃, can kill bacteria and viruses.
Q: how to enhance the prevention abroad?
A: At present, the epidemic of human infection with swine influenza known to have occurred in California (california), Texas (texas) and Kansas (kansas) 3 states, as well as the capital of Mexico City, Mexico (federal district, mexico city), south-east of Watt haka (oaxaca), in central St. Louis potosi glass (san luis potosi), and the northern part of Mexicali (mexicali) and Baja California (baja california) and other five cities. Suggested that the Chinese citizens to travel to these areas of business and travel, should be aware of the progress of the local epidemic, good personal protection. Travel agencies in the delegation to travel to these areas, it is obliged to inform the members of the epidemic situation, to remind members to do a good job of personal protective. The main personal protective measures are:
1, to avoid contact with influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose, etc.) or pneumonia and other respiratory tract of patients.
2, to observe good personal hygiene, frequent hand-washing with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing.
3, to avoid contact with pigs or pig to have a place.
4, to avoid going to crowded places.
5, when coughing or sneezing, cover mouth and nose with tissue paper, tissue paper and then thrown into the trash.
6, such as outside the influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose, etc.), should immediately seek medical treatment (medical treatment should be wearing masks), to the local public health agencies and description of inspection and quarantine departments.
Q: how to strengthen the prevention of return?
A: 1, from the entry returned in the area, such as influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose, etc.), should take the initiative to the entry-exit inspection and quarantine agencies.
2, returned from two weeks in the area, such as influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose, etc.), should be disease control with the local health department.
(April 26, 2009)
Ministry of Health Press Office
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