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China drafts emergency plans for influenza
Chinese health authorities are still working on a draft of an emergency plan to deal with possible outbreaks of influenza.
Given the comparatively weak endemic control system particularly in the country's vast rural areas, an emergency plan is viewed as necessary to curb each type of endemic, including influenza. Since last November, the ministry had begun to organize a group of experts to draft the plan to deal with influenza, according to media reports. "Four colours will be used to describe the threat posed by the endemic," Yang said at a flu prevention and treatment forum last week in Beijing. Blue means that a new subtype flu virus is detected in human beings but hasn't taken them ill. Under the plan, such individuals will be put under observation in designated hospitals as provincial health departments study the epidemiology. Yellow means individuals are taken ill with the virus
and all medical facilities nearby are required to be put on alert. The Ministry
of Health will also inform the public of the outbreak and preventive measures
taken.
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