Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Cambodia on alert for swine flu

PHNOM PENH, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The Health Ministry of Cambodia on Tuesday will equip scanners at the Phnom Penh and the Siem Reap international airports to check travelers' body temperature against possible entry of swine flu, said an official.

"We will equip scanners to target people who have temperature and breath problems related with the deadly swine flu," said Sok Touch, director of the Anti-communicable Disease Department of the ministry.

"We also observe all the people who once traveled to the infected areas of this outbreak," he added.

In addition, "we appeal to the people who catch (traditional) flu to go to hospital for diagnosis and treatment," he said.

Cambodia has noted that swine flu is danger for all of us, as it can be transmitted from human being to human being now, he said.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry of Cambodia will use the existing equipment and system for combating bird flu to monitor swine flu, he said.

The ministry will cooperate with the World Health Organization to take actions on the pig-farming industry if necessary, but the very next step will focus on travelers from the infected areas, he said.

So far, there has been no sign of swine flu contamination on human and pigs in the kingdom, he added.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, The Cambodian Ministry of Health are full of incompetent staff. Most of them do not have any healthcare background/education. Most of them that work in the hospitals,clinics that got those healthcare jobs are from the favoritism or connection with the high ranking individuals. All the MD degree from the Medical School in Cambodia have lower standard of healthcare knowledges than CMA in the U.S.

Poor Cambodia...Poor our cambodian people that are living under the blind leaders.

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