RP gov’t on alert amid bird flu scare
11/20/2010Authorities yesterday stepped up airport health checks in light of another case of human avian influenza in Hong Kong.
Doctors from the Department of Health (DoH) and quarantine bureau have been dispatched to man thermal scanners at the international arrivals section, Manila International Airport Authority chief Jose Angel Honrado said.
“We are prepared to address this potential threat,” he told reporters. “We are not taking any chances.”
There are an estimated 250,000 Filipino workers in Hong Kong and many of them are expected to fly home during the Christmas holidays.
Eric Tayag, head of the National Epidemiology Center, said the Departments of Health, Environment and Agriculture had been monitoring the Hong Kong situation and had contingency measures in place..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101120hed6.html
0 comments
Post a Comment