Suspend bird flu vaccination in 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai requested localities to proactively implement comprehensive measures to prevent avian influenza.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has just agreed to temporarily suspend the 2012 bird flu vaccination under the Project "Using vaccines to control and eliminate highly pathogenic avian influenza in the 2011-2012 period" in some localities as proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Deputy Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to issue specific notices and direct localities to proactively implement comprehensive measures to prevent and control the epidemic, in order to prevent the disease from occurring and spreading.
After the Department of Animal Health decoded the virus genes in the outbreaks and evaluated the effectiveness of the H5N1 Re-5 vaccine, many experts recommended that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development request the Government to temporarily suspend the "Project on using vaccines to control and eradicate highly pathogenic avian influenza, phase 2011-2012" in the Northern, Central, Central Highlands and some Southeastern provinces; only organize vaccination in 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta region./.
According to NongnghiepVN
