काठमाडौ, मंसिर १६ -
सरकारले भक्तपुरको बर्डफ्लु भेटिएको ठाउँलाई संकटग्रस्त क्षेत्र घोषणा गरेको छ । मन्त्रिपरिषद्को शुक्रबार बसेको बैठकले कुखुरामा बर्डफ्लु भेटिएको भक्तपुरको मध्यपुर ठिमी नगरपालिकाको वडा नं. १६, लोकन्थली र मनोहरा पुल नजिकको क्षेत्रलाई संकटग्रस्त क्षेत्र घोषणा गरेको हो ।
मन्त्रिपरिषद्ले संकट क्षेत्रमा बर्डफ्लु नियन्त्रण गर्न हरसम्भव सबै उपाय अवलम्बन गर्ने र अन्त्रय फैलन नदिन स्वास्थ्य र कृषि मन्त्रालयले आवश्यक कदम चाल्ने निर्णय गरेको सरकारका प्रवक्ता एवं परराष्ट्रमन्त्री नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठले बताए ।
स्रोत: कान्तिपुर दैनिक, मन्सिर १७, २०६८
काठमाडौ, मंसिर १६ -
सरकारले राजधानी बर्डफ्लु -एभियन इन्फ्लुएन्जा) बाट मुक्त भएको घोषणा गरेको छ । कृषि तथा सहकारी मन्त्रालयले शुक्रबार पत्रकार सम्मेलन गरी भक्तपुरको मनहरासहित राजधानीका कुनै पनि स्थानमा बल्र्डफ्लु नरहेको दाबी गरेको हो ।
'ढुक्क भई कुखुरा/हाँसको मासु, अन्डा खानुहोस्' पशुसेवा विभागका महानिर्देशक तथा पशुचिकित्सक नरबहादुर रजवारले भने, 'मनहरालाई रोगमुक्त क्षेत्र घोषणा गरेका छौं, किसानहरूले -मनहराबाहेककाले) निर्वाध पन्छी पालन गरे हुन्छ ।'
सम्मेलनमा कुखुराको मासु खाँदै पशुचिकित्सक रजवारले भने, 'बर्डफ्लुका विषाणु छैनन्, रोग नियन्त्रणमा आइसक्यो, शंका नराख्नुहोस्, निर्वाध व्यवसाय गरे हुन्छ ।' विभागले रोग देखा परेको मनहरा खोरलाई केन्द्रविन्दु बनाई प्रभावित क्षेत्रका किसानहरूलाई भने ४२ दिनसम्म पन्छी पाल्न तथा दाना भन्डार, बिक्री र ओसारपसारमा रोकेको छ । कात्तिक अन्तिम साता भक्तपुरको लोकन्थलीस्थित मनोहरा पुलनजिक चन्द्रबहादुर तामाङको खोरका हाँस र कुुखुरामा यस रोगका कीटाणु भेटिएपछि विभागले नै 'राजधानीमा पहिलोपटक बर्डफ्लु रहेको' घोषणा गरेको थियो । 'प्राविधिक टिम खटाइएका छन्, फ्लोअप र निरन्तर भिजिट जारी छ,' रजवारले भने, 'जिल्ला पशुसेवा कार्यालय भक्तपुरलाई पनि सक्रिय बनाइराखेका छौं ।'
मनहरामा रोग देखिनुको कारण जटिल रहेको पशु स्वास्थ्य निर्देशनालयका वरिष्ठ पशु चिकित्सक नारायण घिमिरेले जनाए । उनका अनुसार यसमा तीनवटा कारण हुन सक्छन् । 'यो रोग प्राकृतिक रूपमै आएको हुन सक्छ,' मनहरामा रोग नियन्त्रणको नेतृत्व पनि गरेका चिकित्सक घिमिरेले थपे, 'दोस्रो, बाहिरबाट मान्छेले संक्रमित पन्छी/दाना वा अन्डा आयात गर्दा सर्नसक्छ र तेस्रो साइबेरिया लगायतका मुलुकबाट बसाइँ सराइ गर्ने पन्छीले ल्याएको हुनसक्छ ।' त्यसैगरी विभागले भक्तपुर क्षेत्रमा निजी स्कुल बन्द गरिनुपर्ने वैज्ञानिक कारण नभएको बताएको छ ।
स्रोत: कान्तिपुर दैनिक, मन्सिर १७, २०६८
KATHMANDU, DEC 02 -
The Cabinet, late on Friday, declared the western area of Lokanthali, the Manahara bridge area and slums adjoining the bridge ‘bird-flu emergency areas.’
The move was, however, in sharp contrast to the stand taken earlier in the day by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, which had declared Kathmandu a ‘bird flu-free zone.’
According to government spokesman and Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, a meeting of the Cabinet decided to take ‘extreme’ measures to prevent the spread of the flu to other parts of the Valley and also keep the area under surveillance.
However, senior veterinarian and the focal person of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) deployed in the affected area, said the government should have taken this decision much earlier as they have already intervened in the areas and done the needful.
In a press conference on Friday, a senior official from the Agriculture ministry said the Manohara area is free from the H5N1 virus, which also infects humans. A senior veterinary doctor, Dr Narayan Prasad Ghimire, had also said at the conference, “Kathmanduites need not worry about the flu as it is under control. The site of the outbreak will be kept under surveillance for 42 days and till then people there will not be allowed to rear fowls.”
An official involved in monitoring the outbreak was, however, quick to say that the declaration was made in haste. The official, who did not want to be named for fear of retribution, said the site should have been kept under observation for at least another week.
“The RRT members who slaughtered the birds on Tuesday have to be under observation for a week as they have high chances of developing bird flu symptoms,” said a veterinary doctor, requesting anonymity. “It has been just four days. Also, the pond close to the outbreak site is the only one in the entire area where all the birds go to swim. Chances are still high that the birds will be infected again.”
Despite claims from government officials that it has quarantined the area, many fowls are still seen in the nearby areas. Experts say the faeces of the fowls are a major source of infection.
Officials are, however, trying to play down the risk. Dr Nar Bahadur Rajwar, Director general at the Department of Livestock Services, said people can consume chicken and can also go on with their poultry business without fear. On Thursday, the government formed a seven-member RRT that will keep people in the outbreak area under surveillance for 10 days.
“We have formed an experts’ team that will be observing the health of the residents in the area. We have also requested all the people there to visit the nearby Lokanthali sub-health post if they develop any Influenza like symptoms (ILS),” Dr GD Thakur, the chairman of the RRT and Director at the Epidemiology and Diseases Control Department (EDCD), said. The general symptoms of the disease include fever of more than 100.4 F, cough, sore throat, muscle ache and difficulty in breathing.
The RRT team on Friday visited the outbreak site where no one reported the symptoms, said Kumar Dahal, the Public Health Inspector at the Avian Influenza Control Project.
Source: The Kathmandu Post, Dec. 3, 2011
