On bird flu
You may have been hearing in the news again about bird flu. It has made its way into Eastern Europe (I think in Turkey, Romania, Greece, and Macedonia now). Please be assured that all is fine here, but here's some info in case you're interested.
Check out a BBC News story on bird flu and Europe or a Prague Post newspaper article.
The Czech government has instituted measures to prevent the spread of the disease. They have banned poultry imports from affected areas and some farming practices here. Even though the virus doesn't easily infect humans, they are also one of the governments who are buying stocks of Tamaflu, the anti-viral drug, just in case.
ESI is tracking the situation. We've already been contacted by our in-country director and the folks stateside with information. Not that it would probably ever come to it, but ESI has emergency evacuation plans in place for anything like this, and we have the details.
Finally, the seminary the seminary is arranging flu shots, so we should be getting those soon. I'm sure all those in the affected countries would appreciate your prayers.
Check out a BBC News story on bird flu and Europe or a Prague Post newspaper article.
The Czech government has instituted measures to prevent the spread of the disease. They have banned poultry imports from affected areas and some farming practices here. Even though the virus doesn't easily infect humans, they are also one of the governments who are buying stocks of Tamaflu, the anti-viral drug, just in case.
ESI is tracking the situation. We've already been contacted by our in-country director and the folks stateside with information. Not that it would probably ever come to it, but ESI has emergency evacuation plans in place for anything like this, and we have the details.
Finally, the seminary the seminary is arranging flu shots, so we should be getting those soon. I'm sure all those in the affected countries would appreciate your prayers.
posted by Matt | 4:05 PM
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