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How to prevent the highly pathogenic avian influenza in South Korea?

4hw.org: South Korea has had another outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza recently, and the government departments of South Korea have raised the alert level to the highest level. The flu is h5n8, and the South Korean government has taken measures to control the epidemic and banned poultry transportation all day today.

Why do frequent outbreaks of avian influenza occur in South Korea? According to a reporter's investigation, in the mode of intensive poultry breeding in South Korea, the average breeding area of a chicken is smaller than that of a piece of A4 paper, which leads to low immunity of poultry and easy infection of virus. Not only that, the density of poultry farmers in South Korea is also very high. In some areas, there are as many as hundreds of farmers within a radius of 10 kilometers. Once the epidemic occurs, it is very easy to spread.

So how to prevent avian influenza in daily life? Let's take a look!

The key for citizens is to develop good health habits and healthy lifestyle, and to effectively prevent respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza.

(1) keep indoor air circulation, pay attention to personal hygiene, wash hands frequently, cover mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, and wash hands in time after cleaning mouth and nose.

(2) reduce unnecessary contact with poultry as much as possible, and do not purchase live poultry without health quarantine. Avoid contact with and eating sick (dead) poultry and livestock.

(3) poultry products purchased at home should be washed and cooked before eating.

(4) strengthen physical exercise, pay attention to supplement nutrition, ensure adequate sleep and rest, so as to enhance resistance.

(5) in case of acute respiratory infection symptoms such as fever and cough, especially those with high fever and dyspnea, they should go to the hospital as soon as possible, and make sure that the high-speed doctor has contact with sick birds before the disease, and treat and use medicine under the guidance of the doctor.