Macau on high alert over bird flu concern
15/6/2006 17:02
The Macau authorities are on high alert over the bird flu concern,
according to an official statement issued in Macau today.
The statement
issued by the Health Bureau (HB) said the bureau will maintain all its
preventive measures against avian flu.
The statement cautioned the public to
"keep a distance" from poultry wastes and urged those stay in close contact with
live poultry to wear gloves and gauze masks.
The HB also opened an
around-clock telephone hotline for residents to check information.
Meanwhile,
the region's Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (CMAB) has pledged to strengthen
preventive measures against the disease.
The bureau announced Wednesday that
it will halt the import of live poultry from the mainland city of Shenzhen,
where a suspected human bird flu case occurred recently.
The CMAB said it
will also tighten the control at local poultry wholesale and retail markets to
prohibit imported live poultry from staying overnight.
Xinhua News
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