Yunnan and Myanmar border to prevent dengue fever epidemic spread to China
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China news agency, Kunming, Oct 29 (Reporters Liu Ziqian and Yang Yang) - Reporters today from Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Yunnan Province was informed that the Sino-Burmese border took place in the current dengue fever outbreak has been effectively controlled, the border of Yunnan departments to take effective measures to prevent Deng Leather fever in China to further spread. Since late August, an outbreak of dengue fever in parts of Myanmar.
Yunnan, which borders Myanmar and Ruili, Wanding, Mohan, Lincang, Dehong, in the border areas, such as Daluo discovered and confirmed more than Laos and Myanmar from the dengue-infected patients.
So far, in the border areas of Yunnan detected more than 60 cases of dengue fever cases, the increasingly grim situation of the epidemic.
As a result of the two countries, border crossings, no natural barriers, cross-border neighbors, have been frequent, to the prevention and control of epidemic diseases has brought more difficulties.
It is understood that the epidemic occurred, Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Yunnan border officials to inspect the prevention and control work, and the first time with the Yunnan Health Department, the border line of local governments and related departments in charge of communication, coordination, joint research of the epidemic prevention and control measures.
At the same time, relevant departments to monitor the dengue fever has also allocated reagents and monitoring equipment to support key points and a serious collection, analysis of the epidemic in a timely manner to the China General Administration of Quality Supervision reported.
At the same time, on the border of Yunnan, more than 20,000 immigration officers carried out a body temperature monitoring, medical inspections, timely and effective isolation, the transfer of suspected cases and to assist local health departments for the collection of blood samples for testing.
On this basis, the relevant departments in Yunnan Province has drawn up detailed contingency plans for the prevention and control measures and careful, the source of infection of dengue fever cases as early as possible diagnosis, early detection, early isolation and timely transfer of the local hospital early treatment, early control .
At the same time, Yunnan to strengthen the inspection and quarantine departments of the port entry and exit inspection and quarantine of transport, and in a timely manner to kill dengue fever in the media, cut off the route of transmission.
At present, Yunnan border department reserves a large number of dengue fever detection reagent, temperature monitor and pesticides such as the prevention and control of materials, port security prevention and control work.
Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Yunnan Secretary Jane Fan said, "We will focus on the prevention and control of the work of the appropriateness, effectiveness, and strengthen the border areas and border entry and exit of personnel publicity and educational efforts, and the establishment of epidemic disease prevention and control of the long-term mechanism to prevent Imported dengue fever epidemic. "(END)