MIAA keeps close watch on entry of Avian Flu
09/02/2011The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) has stepped up its efforts in preventing the possible entry of the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus which recently had been reportedly mutated to a more resistant strain.
As a precaution, the airport management instructed all its medical staff to be on heightened readiness and surveillance for possible carriers of the virus.
Possible carriers may have fever, dry cough, runny nose, headache, diarrhea and difficulty in breathing, according to MIAA chief Jose Angel Honrado.
Since the virus first appeared in 2003, there had been 565 people infected with 331 deaths. The latest death was reported last month in Cambodia where eight human infections were reported this year that were all fatal.
The medical screeners manning the thermal scanners at the arrival concourses were also instructed to be more vigilant, especially when processing arriving passengers coming from countries still affected by the avian flu virus..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110902met3.html
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