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Awareness campaign against swine flu near India-Myanmar border
Kamjong (Manipur): Veterinary doctors and other
authorities have geared up to combat swine flu outbreak by launching awareness
campaign among residents and by organising massive vaccination for pigs in villages
near India-Myanmar border in Manipur. Doctors recently organized an awareness
campaign in Awongtang Kamjong border village of Ukhrul District, around 120 kilometers
away from Imphal. As preventive measures, department workers and officials have
started awareness programme in border areas such as Kamjong and Poi in Ukhrul
district, by visiting and conducting public meetings with the representatives
of different civil organizations of the Kamjong Village. Doctors are highlighting
the probable threats of transmitting the disease from the livestock animals that
are illegally imported from Myanmar to the village. "Especially here people of
this place are doing business of livestock trade especially pig or avian's and
other livestock. As this place is important place for transportation of animals
from international border area, so we like to give message to people for taking
precautionary measures of the dreaded disease of swine flu," said Dr K Gopal Singh,
a disease specialists. Authorities are also appealing other civil bodies and church
representatives to check and prevent any kind of import of livestocks from Myanmar,
as the State Government has already banned such imports of livestocks. Residents
involved in the livestock trade are happy with the awareness progaramme as they
believe it would really help in dealing with deadly disease to great extent. "The
Veterinary Department has already announced the disease as deadly and dangerous
disease. We are grateful and happy that the efforts taken by the department to
educate and make us aware of the disease," said S. D Lowin Singh, a resident.
Although the Central Government has only issued an advisory to all states in the
remote northeastern region and not sounded any particular directives, the State
Government has initiated preventive measures against swine fever. -May
7, 2009 Go
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