Barbados securing ports of entry
July 1st, 2006
The Barbados Ministry of Health and the Pan-American Barbados Health Organization are sponsoring a plan to secure the ports of entry, to prevent the spread of bird flu into the country. After The Caribbean Epidemiology Center stated that regional countries may not be able to prevent the entry of the killer virus, a consultation on the issue was held at the Sherbourne Center.
Barbados Chief Medical Officer, Dr Joy St John, says the measures that will be put in place will tackle the problem head on. A plan concerning agriculture and the health sector is in place, but apparently the area will be spread to cover all sectors that could come under threat from bird flu. Also, doses of vaccine have been ordered to fuel the stock for an eventual epidemic.