After pledging openness about SARS to prevent another mass outbreak a couple of years ago, Beijing is now pledging renewed openness about H5N1 infections:
Bird flu outbreaks have to be reported to the State Council, or cabinet, within four hours of being discovered by regional governments, and fines of up to 5,000 yuan ($620) can be levied for obstructing prevention work or refusing to comply.
Expect more candid reports and discussions of politically-sensitive topics as the Chinese government opens up.
(I jest, of course.)
And in the ‘No shit, Sherlock’ category, Sian Griffiths, director of Hong Kong’s School of Public Health at the Chinese University, dispenses common sense advice to those panicking and stockpiling Tamiflu: cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze, and remember to wash your hands thoroughly. It’s called hygiene, people.
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24 November 2005
05:01
fcsuper
I just came back from Hong Kong. The advice also includes wearing a face mask if you are sick, and indeed people were wearing them. If the bird flu does strike, they already have a plan to destroy all of the pultry in the district.
(left this message in the wrong entry lol)
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