Sekilas Info: Infeksi Flu Burung ke Manusia di China

Welcome back to China in Focus, I'm Tiffany Mayer. The Chinese authorities are taking steps to fight bird flu in humans. The state health agency has just released a statement encouraging all health care workers across the country to monitor the spread of various viruses. Viruses mentioned in the statement include influenza, COVID-19, TBD, norovirus, monkey flu, bird flu, and various other infectious diseases. The statement also asked the local CDC to closely monitor the transmission of viruses from animals to humans. Earlier this month, the southern city of China launched the first series of bird flu tests on humans after the statement. The local CDC collected samples from experts exposed to poultry and livestock. NTD previously reported bird flu infection on humans in China from eyewitnesses, reports, and whistleblowers from the medical supply industry. Lately, more and more reports have emerged from the short video platform China Toyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. One of them came from someone who admitted to being a CDC employee in the southern city of Shenzhen. He said the more human cases of bird flu infection in his area, Shenzhen is a metropolitan city located next to Hong Kong. Someone also said he saw a patient with bird flu infection sent to an isolation room. Other eyewitnesses also repeated the statement. One Chinese internet user said many cities have built isolation centers on the side of the toll road, which are usually far from residential houses.