In the second half of February, when Guangzhou banned live poultry, the Health and Family Planning Commission reminded that poultry should wear protective clothing.

The reporter learned from the Guangzhou City Health and Family Planning Commission that in order to prevent and control the bird flu epidemic, Guangzhou decided to stop all live poultry and light bird trades on February 16-28 (a total of 13 days). The Guangzhou City Health and Family Planning Commission reminded that contact with live poultry and live poultry markets is an important risk factor for the infection of H7N9. Protective clothing should be worn during work activities in contact with poultry.

Since 2017, there have been human cases of H7N9 bird flu infection in many provinces across the country, and Guangzhou and surrounding cities have also reported cases of human infection with H7N9 bird flu. According to the Guangzhou City Health and Family Planning Commission, cases reported in Guangzhou City have live bird exposure history or live bird market exposure history.

“At present, Guangzhou is still at a high incidence of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza.” According to expert assessments, 2-3 months are the key period for epidemic prevention and control, and there may be cases of human infection with H7N9 bird flu in Guangzhou, and the epidemic is mainly distributed in multiple spots. Exposure to live poultry and live poultry markets is a risk factor for the occurrence of cases.

According to the Guangzhou City Health and Family Planning Commission, there is currently evidence that exposure to live and live poultry markets is an important risk factor for H7N9 infection. The poultry and their excreta and secretions carrying the virus through the respiratory tract or direct contact may be the main route of transmission of the H7N9 virus.

To prevent H7N9, the most important thing is to reduce exposure, do good personal protection, and develop good hygiene habits. The Guangzhou City Health and Family Planning Commission reminded them to avoid contact with livestock; to purchase chilled poultry meat from formal sources, to fully cook poultry meat and eggs, and to separate raw and cooked food; try to avoid contact with wild birds or wild bird habitat Pay attention to keeping away from the poultry slaughterhouse when playing in the farmhouse; wash your hands frequently and pay attention to personal hygiene; avoid places that are densely populated and air contaminated, and especially avoid markets where live poultry are traded; eat and sleep reasonably, ensure adequate nutrition and sleep; Adding or subtracting clothes; participate in outdoor sports activities.

How should poultry enthusiasts prevent H7N9?

(1) Strengthen feeding and management, improve the resistance of poultry; pay attention to the cleanliness of cages; ensure the ventilation of cages; pay special attention to hygiene in lofts and bird cages, and pay attention to daily disinfection.

(2) Keep birds at home and avoid contact with wild birds. Once contacted, the bird cages should be sterilized in a timely manner, and if necessary, they should also be sent to the animal epidemic prevention department for epidemic prevention.

(3) Avoid contact with birds and their droppings as much as possible during bird raising or bird watching. Wear gloves when handling their excreta. After touching them or their droppings, they must be thoroughly cleaned with soap and water.

(4) Do not kill dead birds or eat wild birds during bird watching.

How should poultry workers prevent H7N9?

(1) Protective clothing, masks and gloves should be worn during the work activities in contact with poultry to provide personal protection and reduce direct contact with poultry.

(2) When cleaning the poultry house, the cleaning and disinfection procedures must be strictly followed; after the cleaning is completed, the hands must be thoroughly washed and disinfected; when the body is exposed to poultry dirt, it must be thoroughly cleaned.

(3) When a sick or dead bird is found, it shall promptly notify the local animal quarantine department to handle it.

(4) When there are fever, cough, sore throat, general malaise and other symptoms, you should wear a mask, and go to the fever clinic as soon as possible to seek medical treatment, and proactively report the doctor's own occupation and pre-morbid history of activity.

(5) Maintain frequent hand washing, indoor ventilation, attention to nutrition, ensure adequate sleep and rest, and enhance physical activity.

How can poultry handlers prevent H7N9?

(1) Regularly clean and disinfect all work stations, equipment, and utensils used for poultry preparation and wash hands frequently.

(2) When processing poultry meat, separate raw and cooked foods. In particular, some vessels and containers should also be separated from each other.

(3) Ensure that the food is cooked to a suitable temperature, the bird flu virus is generally sensitive to heat, strong resistance to low temperature, heating at 65°C for 30 minutes or boiling (100°C) for more than 2 minutes can inactivate, fully cooked poultry / Pork, etc. are edible. However, the virus can live for 1 week at a relatively low temperature, and it can remain viable for more than 1 year in water at 4°C or in the presence of glycerol.

(4) Gloves are recommended when the hand is damaged to handle meat.