Mal wieder ein Blick über die Grenzen:
Dort geht es genauso sorglos zu in Sachen PLANUNG gegen die VOGELGRIPPE wie bei uns.
Allerdings wird dort, im Gegensatz zu unserem ruhigen Land, die Regierung dafür heftig kritisiert:
Die SUN ist vergleichbar mit der deutschen BILD
„THE GOVERNMENT has been slammed for not stockpiling supplies of the bird-flu vaccine as fears are growing at the spread of the disease across Europe.
The Netherlands and France were expected to be given European Union permission today to start vaccinating poultry flocks against bird flu.
But Patrick Holden, of the Soil Association, said every available method must be used in this country to fight the virus.
He called for a change of policy after it emerged the Government had no stocks of the vaccine and did not plan to order any.
Deadly … the H5N1 Virus
BREAKING NEWS
Bird flu plan slammed
By PETE BELL
Sun Online
THE GOVERNMENT has been slammed for not stockpiling supplies of the bird-flu vaccine as fears are growing at the spread of the disease across Europe.
The Netherlands and France were expected to be given European Union permission today to start vaccinating poultry flocks against bird flu.
But Patrick Holden, of the Soil Association, said every available method must be used in this country to fight the virus.
He called for a change of policy after it emerged the Government had no stocks of the vaccine and did not plan to order any.
He said: „Urgent action is needed, given the potential for an imminent
outbreak and the fact that it will take at least three months to produce
sufficient stocks of vaccine.“
A Government spokesman said: „We are keeping vaccination under urgent review, but we remain to be convinced that it is the right solution.“
Health experts are anxious to confine outbreaks of H5N1 but developments in Asia are making the task look increasingly difficult.
Yesterday, a 27-year-old woman died of bird flu in Indonesia and Malaysia and India expanded culls of chickens to try to contain the virus.
World Health Organisation spokeswoman Maria Cheng said: „We’ve never seen so many outbreaks of the same virus in so many different regions.
„Our concern obviously is that humans could potentially come into contact with birds infected with H5N1, which would mean populations worldwide are potentially at risk.“
The H5N1 virus has devastated poultry stocks and killed at least 92 people since 2003, mostly in Asia.
Fresh outbreaks have been reported in birds in 14 countries since early February, according to the World Health Organisation.