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птичий грипп
А вот тут сообщают, что если настанет "птичий грипп", то США закроют границы с Канадой. А может и с Мексикой. А может и все границы вообще. Такой вот альбац.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/w
Sheldon Alberts, CanWest News Service
Published: Thursday, May 04, 2006
WASHINGTON -- The United States on Wednesday said it would consider closing its land border to Canada during an avian flu outbreak, despite the potential for a crippling effect on the economy of both countries.
In a 227-page report outlining its plans to fight an avian flu pandemic, the White House warned America's land borders could become "the greatest point of vulnerability" if a bird flu pandemic in North America appears first in Canada or Mexico.
The Bush administration's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, cast a border shutdown as the least-preferable option for fighting the disease, saying it would "likely delay but not stop the spread of influenza to the United States" and would have a "devastating economic impact."
But, while stressing the need to work with Canada and Mexico on a continental plan to contain the virus including a preference for limited travel restrictions the report also said "planning should consider a range of alternatives, from approaches that permit the cross-border flow of critical goods to complete border closure."
It notes that "a complete closure of U.S. borders to international travel would be unprecedented."
The White House report is part of a $7.1-billion US flu-preparation plan that President George W. Bush announced last fall after coming under heavy criticism for federal failures in the response to hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.
In a worst-case scenario, the administration predicts as many as two million Americans would die during a bird flu outbreak. It estimates that 40 per cent of the country's workforce would be affected and that disruptions in the country's economy would last for months.
The White House says it plans "significant outreach" with Canada and Mexico on a continental plan to prevent, or slow, spread of the disease if a pandemic emerges in Asia, Africa or Europe. The U.S. is seeking "commitments for rigorous screening" of passengers arriving into both Canada and Mexico."
In its federal budget on Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government announced $460 million over the next two years to prepare for the threat of a bird flu pandemic. The amount could jump to $1 billion over five years, the budget said.
The White House report suggested "targeted traveller restrictions" as alternatives to closure of the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico, including pre-screening of travellers for signs of illness by requiring temperature scanning and obtaining travel histories before departure.
The U.S. also suggests that travellers undergo diagnostic testing when they arrive in the country. Any travellers exhibiting influenza-like symptoms "may potentially be quarantined until definitive testing is complete."
The White House report predicts that a case of pandemic influenza would arrive in the U.S. from overseas within one to two months of an outbreak and that "highly restrictive" border measures might delay its spread by a "few weeks."
That delay could buy the country valuable time to prepare emergency measures and the delivery vaccines.
"Outbreaks in Canada or Mexico might further increase pressure to close U.S. borders," the report said, just as a U.S. outbreak might prompt America's neighbours to do the same.
"A United States border closure would have a devastating economic impact, interrupt delivery of essential services and disrupt substantial cross-border commerce."
The Canada-U.S. manufacturing industry particularly the auto industry would be hit especially hard, the report said.
"While we should take measures to protect travellers and limit their ability to transmit disease, there is little benefit to trade restriction if there are adequate measures in place to limit exposure to infected individuals and potentially contaminated surfaces."
Potentially more worrisome, the White House suggested, is the threat of a bird flu outbreak in Central America, which it said "may trigger a mass migration" of people seeking to escape the virus.
Concern about an avian influenza outbreak has been on the rise with the emergence of the H5N1 strain of the virus in Asia. The virus has so far killed more than 113 people out of a recorded 205 infections since late 2003, mostly in Asia, but is not yet easily transmittable among humans.
А вот тут сообщают, что если настанет "птичий грипп", то США закроют границы с Канадой. А может и с Мексикой. А может и все границы вообще. Такой вот альбац.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/w
Sheldon Alberts, CanWest News Service
Published: Thursday, May 04, 2006
WASHINGTON -- The United States on Wednesday said it would consider closing its land border to Canada during an avian flu outbreak, despite the potential for a crippling effect on the economy of both countries.
In a 227-page report outlining its plans to fight an avian flu pandemic, the White House warned America's land borders could become "the greatest point of vulnerability" if a bird flu pandemic in North America appears first in Canada or Mexico.
The Bush administration's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, cast a border shutdown as the least-preferable option for fighting the disease, saying it would "likely delay but not stop the spread of influenza to the United States" and would have a "devastating economic impact."
But, while stressing the need to work with Canada and Mexico on a continental plan to contain the virus including a preference for limited travel restrictions the report also said "planning should consider a range of alternatives, from approaches that permit the cross-border flow of critical goods to complete border closure."
It notes that "a complete closure of U.S. borders to international travel would be unprecedented."
The White House report is part of a $7.1-billion US flu-preparation plan that President George W. Bush announced last fall after coming under heavy criticism for federal failures in the response to hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.
In a worst-case scenario, the administration predicts as many as two million Americans would die during a bird flu outbreak. It estimates that 40 per cent of the country's workforce would be affected and that disruptions in the country's economy would last for months.
The White House says it plans "significant outreach" with Canada and Mexico on a continental plan to prevent, or slow, spread of the disease if a pandemic emerges in Asia, Africa or Europe. The U.S. is seeking "commitments for rigorous screening" of passengers arriving into both Canada and Mexico."
In its federal budget on Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government announced $460 million over the next two years to prepare for the threat of a bird flu pandemic. The amount could jump to $1 billion over five years, the budget said.
The White House report suggested "targeted traveller restrictions" as alternatives to closure of the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico, including pre-screening of travellers for signs of illness by requiring temperature scanning and obtaining travel histories before departure.
The U.S. also suggests that travellers undergo diagnostic testing when they arrive in the country. Any travellers exhibiting influenza-like symptoms "may potentially be quarantined until definitive testing is complete."
The White House report predicts that a case of pandemic influenza would arrive in the U.S. from overseas within one to two months of an outbreak and that "highly restrictive" border measures might delay its spread by a "few weeks."
That delay could buy the country valuable time to prepare emergency measures and the delivery vaccines.
"Outbreaks in Canada or Mexico might further increase pressure to close U.S. borders," the report said, just as a U.S. outbreak might prompt America's neighbours to do the same.
"A United States border closure would have a devastating economic impact, interrupt delivery of essential services and disrupt substantial cross-border commerce."
The Canada-U.S. manufacturing industry particularly the auto industry would be hit especially hard, the report said.
"While we should take measures to protect travellers and limit their ability to transmit disease, there is little benefit to trade restriction if there are adequate measures in place to limit exposure to infected individuals and potentially contaminated surfaces."
Potentially more worrisome, the White House suggested, is the threat of a bird flu outbreak in Central America, which it said "may trigger a mass migration" of people seeking to escape the virus.
Concern about an avian influenza outbreak has been on the rise with the emergence of the H5N1 strain of the virus in Asia. The virus has so far killed more than 113 people out of a recorded 205 infections since late 2003, mostly in Asia, but is not yet easily transmittable among humans.
