news details |
|
|
| Govt gets cautions on swine flu, teleconferencing today | | | Early Times report
Srinagar, May 3: Taking swift pre-emptive action, the State Government has geared up machinery to plug all holes to prevent entry of swine flu into Jammu and Kashmir. The process of screening of overseas tourists entering the State has begun so that anyone found carrying the deadly virus is immediately quarantined.
Sources said that the government’s health department will have a teleconferencing session with experts in New Delhi from Srinagar tomorrow to learn more about diagnosis and prevention.
In order to coordinate measures for preventing entry of swine flu into Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Secretary S. S. Kapur today constituted a Monitoring Committee to combat the virus. The Committee will be headed by Commissioner/Secretary, Health, and will have representatives from Health and Animal Husbandry departments.
The Committee was formed at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary, here today. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Masaud Samoon, Commissioner/Secretary, GAD, Basharat Ahmad Dhar, Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Ravi Thussu, Director, Health Services, Kashmir, Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad, Regional Director, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Shazia Wafai, Director, Srinagar Airport, Subaraidu, Director, Animal Husbandry, Kashmir, Dr. Altaf Baba, Director, Animal Husbandry, Jammu, Dr. Y. V. Gupta, besides other senior officers were present in the meeting.
The Chief Secretary directed the Health Department to screen all foreign passengers disembarking both at Srinagar and Jammu airports. The meeting was informed that one isolated ward each, along with ventilator facilities, have been kept ready at SMHS and SKIMS hospitals. A similar arrangement has been made at Leh Airport.
Kapur asked the Regional Director, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, for making arrangements for supply of medicines and distribution as per requirement from Monday. He also asked the Animal Husbandry department to follow WHO guidelines.
The meeting was informed that the census of the entire pig population in Jammu has been conducted and, so far, no symptoms of flu have been detected. The meeting was told that combat mechanism would be followed similar to that of avian bird flu.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
