China will close borders if bird flu mutates
China will close its borders if there is a single case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the country, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Saturday, while a defiant Taiwan said it would copy a patented antiviral drug.
Saving lives would be Beijing’s top priority in efforts to contain a possible outbreak of bird flu, even if it meant slowing the economy, Huang Jiefu, a vice-minister of health, was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post.
Speaking to health officials from China, Hong Kong and Macau in Yunnan province on Friday, he added any suspected human case would be quarantined.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the strain is endemic in poultry in China and across much of Asia, and it may only be a matter of time before it develops the ability to pass easily from human to human.
Source: Red Nova News
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