Bird Flu Precation Handbook
(Mar. 10, 2006)Author: Dr. Collin (healthadvisor.org)
Below are some general FAQ for your kind information, among them mainly focus question on can we still consume chicken or duck. The expert pointed that the current Shanghai downtown are selling safe chicken, all chicken have proven strict medical inspection and from non-affected areas, once it cooked under high temperature, it would not consist infection. In fact, should everyone study more detail about the prevention for Bird Flu measures, and live healthily, scientifically logically, we will not easily attacked by Bird Flu. The reporter again gather information from the Municipal' s Infection professor and Virology expert, and had answered all questions post by the citizens.
Asked: Is the restaurant/hotel's boiled egg soup considered as cooked? Will we infect by consumed those egg soups?
Answered: As in regard to food, once it is cooked under high temperature, it won’t consist any active live Bird Flu virus, the virus will be destroyed under the temperature of 56 ℃ for 10 minutes, and 70 ℃ for 2 minutes, the cooked egg shouldn’t exist of infection danger, to be more secure should boil for a longer time, eg another 1 or 2 minutes longer than the usual hour.
Asked: Can we still eat "half-fried egg" ?
Answered: It is suggested for full fried egg, avoid uncooked egg yolk. Should temporary stop eating ' half-fried egg’. If the chicken have yet to quarantine or came from the infected area, it could be increased the risk of contagious.
Asked: Can we still eat ‘half-baked Chicken Steak’?
Answer: As the disease of Bird Flu can’t generally survive when the heat reached 70℃ or above, therefore it is save to eat cooked domestic fowl, however half-baked chicken or steam chicken are still not recommended to eat regularly. Any half-baked domestic fowl or chicken/duck blood or meat chafing dishes should be careful for edibility.
Asked: Will we infect while buying chicken or eggs with chicken excrement?
Answer: Although we shall not pre-judge all eggs are infection source, however we shall practice to clean our hands regularly whenever we have touched eggs or cold meats.
Asked: Will we infected by drinking ‘Chicken Extract’
Answer: All chicken extract refined in sterilized process and in a high temperature boiler. The disease is very sensitive to the environment of high temperature and sterilized container...etc. therefore it is quite safe for edibility.
Asked: Can we eat preserve fowls from outskirt?
Answered: As long as it does not come from the infected area, it is safe for edibility.
Asked: Can we still use egg white or egg yolk for facial mask?
Answered: Although the eggs are inspected and passed quarantine, however, it is advice not to use any egg white or egg yolk for facial mask for the moment. It is clear defined that infected fowl’s egg contains virus.
Asked: Can we continue use chicken/duck made fertilizer?
Answered: As long as the source does not come from infected area, it is safe to use. The expert suggested all relevant authorities should inspect and quarantine all kind of bird/poultry excrement-made fertilizer products, should there incur large-scare outbreak, they request to use high temperature to process for fertilizer production.
Asked: Will we infected by feeding birds
Answered: If the surrounding is safe from the outbreak, means birds are healthy. If the bird died suddenly, should immediate report the Health Care Center, at the same time, proceed for disinfection and quarantine exercise.
Asked: Can we continue use chicken/duck made products? (eg duster or shutter-cock)
Answered: Professor Lu explained that as long as the products purchased before the outbreak or from non-infected areas are safe to use. Shall we need to buy these products now, we shall choose the product by strict disinfection measures, and manufactured by legal factory house.
Asked: Will we infect by someone carry live chicken or duck in the public field?
Answered: The current Shanghai Authority has restricted the precaution measures safeguard for Bird Flu Emergency Outbreak control. All imported chicken and duck to Shanghai has inspected & passed quarantine. However, the disease can spread via the air, as such for precaution measures, all public area should maintain high ventilation, and the individual should frequently clean their hands.
Asked: Shall we continue adopt dove or parrot for personal?
Answered: As it feed in its individual cage and segregated in separate living environment, it is almost impossible to be infected. We should always clean our hands with disinfection soap after feeding or playing with them. If the bird is keep by open-adopt method, we should enhanced the disinfection & cleanliness attention on the cage. Reduce the possibility visit to bird market, always enhance disinfection attention.
Asked: How to prevent Bird Flu for common family?
Answered: Besides fully-cooked meat is advised, we can increase the use of disinfections. Due to the disease is sensitive to all kind of common disinfections, eg ether, chloroform, acetone, oxidizing agent...etc. As long as we enhance the disinfection measures, the virus will be immediately killed effectively.
Asked: Whom will easily infected by Bird Flu?
Answered: The WHO (World Health Organization) professor informed that the in South East Asia countries, the child will normally been easily infected. For precaution measure, we should protect our child to reduce the visit to zoo and the contacts of birds.
Asked: Can we wear mouth-mask for Bird Flu prevention?
Answered: Although the human-to-human Bird Flu have not incurred for the moment, the frequency of wearing mouth mask can reduce according to the current status. Without the mask, we could breathe smoothly and increase the resistance for inspiration system. However, it is advised to wear mouth-mask when visit the wet-market or birds market. Frequently wash hands is the simplest & basic precaution measure.
Asked: Is it safe for traveling now?
Answer: Should avoid visiting the infected areas. As for the moment still unable locate the source of virus. It is still unconfirmed that the virus spread channels or whether it could infected from fowls to human, or human-to-human subsequently.
Asked: Will we infect by wearing feather-made flannelette or blanket?
Answered: The municipal vet hygiene officer informed that wearing a standard factory’s production on feather-made flannelette or blanket will not cause infection. This is because all products are processed via high temperature and passed by many physics and chemistry link transactions, the possibility of virus survive is extremely low, it is impossible to affect people’s health.
Asked: Is it safe to go wet-market to purchase live chicken or duck?
Answered: The live domestic fowl market could be the place for Bird Flu spreading channel. The fowl keepers or butchers should have appropriate protect covers protection and precaution measures, and take antivirus medicine when required.
Asked: How does the Bird Flu spread?
Answer: The natural carrier of Bird Flu is wild waterfowl, seabirds, shorebirds, mallard and migratory birds. These migratory birds contain immunity, but it can infect the domestic fowl. The main spreading channel is via the virus-carrier bird’s feather, its excrement and secretion, and the polluted foods and transport tool etc.
Asked: Does the virus spread interpersonal (human-to-human) infection?
Answer: Despite now there have no proof proven that the disease H5N1 Bird Flu could spread interpersonal infection, but it is possible to be happened. Vietnam is the ground to have already several people died from the suspected disease. It is worry that once the Bird Flu combined with the human normal flu will form a new disease virus.
Asked: What is the safety parameter distance from the outbreak, if the surrounding arise Bird Flu outbreak?
Answer: The International Animal Hygiene Organization coded that as according to the law of International Animal Hygiene, as to the fatal infectious disease such as Bird Flu, the safety parameter distance from the outbreak area is about 5 kilometers. Outside the 5kilometers from the outbreak will consider as safe distance.
Asked: Will we infect by contact the infected domestic fowl’s secretion?
Answered: It is depends on the dense of degree of the infected environment. Generally the domestic fowl farm will have higher risk of virus infection.
Asked: What are the symptoms of Bird Flu?
Answered: Once the person infected by Bird Flu, the incubation period is within 7 days, the earlier symptoms are much similar to normal flu symptoms, ie fever, running-nose, nose-blocked, coughing, sore throat, headache, and body tiring, some of the patients could encountered vomits, stomachache, diarrhea and some get eye conjunctivitis problem, patient body temperature is continuously at 39 ℃ above; some of the patient may even appear chest X-line single or double pneumonia, minority’s companion chest contained liquid.
Asked: Does the Bird Flu spread virus to other poultry other than chicken & duck?
Answer: It is possible to be happened, there is because the combinative of human & poultry are different. The pig’s inter-specific digestive organ is lower compared with human. The virus could affect the pig, then from the pig transmit to human. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid for mix-feeding, especially for poultry & livestock.
Asked: Is it safe to contact with the babysitter from the infected area?
Answered: The contagious of Bird Flu to human infection is very low. The normal incubation period in human is 7 days, afterwards it will not be infected. It is advice to strengthen the body inspiration system and digestive system to avoid and prevent infection from Bird Flu.
Asked: Is there any vaccine for Bird Flu?
Answer: The WHO (World Health Organization) is urgently working together with laboratories in the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network to develop a new vaccine by leading vaccine manufacturers. It is different from SAR vaccine; the new antivirus vaccine for Bird Flu is expected to be developed in short period. The WHO will also implement the tests for the Bird Flu vaccine for human safety, effectiveness and quantum of application. The process probably requires a one month period to complete. Should the test vaccine implemented successfully, it will be quickly throw into batch production, and apply in the market.
Asked: What is Precaution Measure on Bird Flu for citizen outing?
Answered: Reduce the visit to crowded and low ventilation places. Always practice for wash hand habit, wear mouth-mask when required.
(boxun.com)
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