Article: Health ministry calls for continued prevention, control of bird flu

Health ministry calls for continued prevention, control of bird flu

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health on Monday urged the country's health system to continue the prevention and control of bird flu in humans.

Health departments should continue leading and guiding the prevention and control of bird flu, strengthen surveillance, staff training and lab testing, and rigidly carry on the reporting and screening of pneumonia cases of unknown cause, said the ministry at a teleconference.

Treatment of human cases of bird flu should be improved and information sharing and coordination with other departments are needed, according to the ministry.

The ministry has intensified ...

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