PHNOM PENH, Jun 12, 2009 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia is still safe from the epidemic of A/H1N1 flu disease, said a joint press release issued here on Friday.
"As of June 12, 2009, no cases of Influenza A/H1N1 have been confirmed in Cambodia," said the press release jointly issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO).
With the virus continuing to spread internationally, the Ministry of Health "continues to strengthen the implementation of the national pandemic response plan and, supported by WHO, has been actively preparing management guidelines for Ministry of Health staff, " it added.
Sok Touch, director of the communicable disease control department of Ministry of Health told Xinhua Thursday that the Cambodian government are still vigilant and that precaution measures have been and being taken at all points of entries into Cambodia, especially, at the international airports such as Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.
Moreover, the public will be kept informed of developments via the ministry's website and regular statements made to the press, it said.
While Cambodia announced that it is safe from the influenza cases, the flu virus has already affected 74 countries worldwide and the number of reported A/H1N1 infection has reached to 28,774, including 144 deaths, according to WHO.
"As of June 12, 2009, no cases of Influenza A/H1N1 have been confirmed in Cambodia," said the press release jointly issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO).
With the virus continuing to spread internationally, the Ministry of Health "continues to strengthen the implementation of the national pandemic response plan and, supported by WHO, has been actively preparing management guidelines for Ministry of Health staff, " it added.
Sok Touch, director of the communicable disease control department of Ministry of Health told Xinhua Thursday that the Cambodian government are still vigilant and that precaution measures have been and being taken at all points of entries into Cambodia, especially, at the international airports such as Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.
Moreover, the public will be kept informed of developments via the ministry's website and regular statements made to the press, it said.
While Cambodia announced that it is safe from the influenza cases, the flu virus has already affected 74 countries worldwide and the number of reported A/H1N1 infection has reached to 28,774, including 144 deaths, according to WHO.
4 comments:
this text is good
if true this won't last for long given that the WHO has declared pandemic level 6: the spread of h1n1 is unstoppable now. the oftenly expressed fear is that this new A/h1n1 hitch up with h5n1 avian flu somewhere in Sth east asia and we end up with a deadly disease (h5n1 has 61% kill rate) and which is also rapidly spreading. now that's scary for us in cambodia because we have little healthcare.
according to Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUST236041) Cambodia has a stockpile of 15750 doses of tamiflu. my wild wild guess is they are all destined to protect the leadership. there's evidence that tamiflu is loosing efficacy with strains of seasonal flu.
That's great news! Also, we want to ensure that Ah Scum Rainsy's supporters quarantine and examine prior to allowing them making entry into the Kingdom of Cambodia.
PPU
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