Anti-bird flu contingency (意外事故) measures, including a proposal to separate poultry from humans and a series oftraffic and logistics (后勤) measures will be discussed at the Legislative Council's Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Panel meeting next month. Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Dr York Chow says the contingency plan would come into force if an outbreak occurred near Hong Kong.
Speaking on a radio talk show this morning, Dr Chow said the separation of poultry from humans policy, which will be determined after a decision whether to set up a central slaughtering (屠宰) house or several regional ones,would be based on thedemand for live chickens.
He pointed out that at present therewere 30,000 live chickens imported from the Mainland and 30,000 supplied locally. If this demand persisted, therewould beno central slaughtering house or wholesale point that could handle such an amount and regional slaughtering housescouldbe the choice.
He added that building of regional slaughtering houses took time, but stressed the need to study the views of the public and the sector before a final decisionwas made.
Regarding avian flu vaccination (种痘) for humans, Dr Chow said itwas still being developed.He added that it may not be reliable in the case of an outbreak as records show vaccination can only offer 5% protection against a virus.
He said Hong Kong had more experience and expertise than neighbouring territories in the fight against viral outbreaks, andwas willing to offer them help.He addedtherewas no “boundary” for infectious diseases and close cooperation among different countries had to be maintained to fight against a possible outbreak.
小题1: It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ______.A．the government is planning to take strong action to fight against bird fluB．an outbreak which happened near Hong Kong made people very frightenedC．anti-bird flu contingency measures will come into use next monthD．Dr York Chow will organize a meeting to discuss the contingency plan小题2:According to the passage, the best way to fight against bird flu is to ______.A．separate poultry from humansB．set up a central slaughtering houseC．set up several regional slaughtering housesD．get avian flu vaccination小题3:When the final decision will be made mainly depends on ______.A．the demand for live chickensB．the views of the publicC．the advice from expertsD．the time when regional slaughtering houses will be finished小题4:Which of the following statements isn’t Dr York Chow’s opinion?A．Hong Kong is better at dealing with viral outbreaks than its neighbours.B．Infectious diseases could happen in any country.C．Other territories should ask Hong Kong for help because it has more experience.D．Cooperation is quite necessary when er is coming.