The president of the Dominican Medical College (CMD), Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero, asked this Sunday to population not be alarmed by cases of Aviar flu reported in other countries such as the United States, remembering that there are no cases of this type in Dominican Republic.
“There are no alarm to the populationthere are no reasons for alarm On the subject of Aviar flu“Suero said when he was consulted by Diario Libre by telephone.
He recalled that the symptoms They are fever, flu, cough, discomfort in general, a picture viral fundamentally, of respiratory path.
He said that in the case of eggs “It is very rare that this flu Transmit through eggsis that it is little possibility and that since there is no flu at this time in the country, there is no inconvenience in which the population Keep eating the eggs“
Last week the Minister of AgricultureLimber Cruz, said that the Aviar influenza – also known as Aviar plague – “does not represent any danger to the production National chickens and eggs in the Dominican Republic“
“We have taken the preventive measures to prevent that virus from entering the country, “explained the head of the agricultural portfolio through his X account, and assured that the production of eggs In the country it has increased “in more than 100 million units per month.”
The statements also agree with those of the Dominican Association of poulticulture (ADA), which indicated that for the months of February and March this year, poultry farmers project a production up to 350 million eggs In the country.
A report from Mayoclinic points out that the risk of a human being contracting a Aviar flu It is low.
“The Aviar flu Rarely infects human beings. But the concern of health officials is that flu viruses to infect birds can change, which is called mutating, to infect human beings, “he says.
