High Alert. Its Disease Season

Its a bad time for Shanghai as the country has entered the key period for swine flu, seasonal flu and other infectious diseases, and medical authorities need to be on high alert to head off possibly deadly outbreaks. As of Thursday, the city had detected 1,538 cases of swine flu since the first one was found in May. Only two patients have become seriously ill, and both have recovered. Shanghai plans to give more than 5 million shots of swine flu and seasonal flu vaccines by February to high-risk groups such as primary and middle school students and teachers, medical personnel and public service staff.

I think that Shanghai officials are taking this very well. They are considering the outbreak potential and they are setting up the right procedures to settle this problem. Shanghai is a very cold place and with the people always being next to each other the potential for outbreak is high. Its a good thing to go ahead and give the vaccinations to the taxi drivers and everyone else.The health bureau has also launched a supervision system to monitor possible adverse reactions to the vaccines and provide immediate medical intervention in case of serious side effects.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091114/article_419481.htm