FAO to use name of "influenza A/H1N1" instead of swine flu

　　世界衛生組織30日宣布，從當日起，該組織不再使用“豬流感”一詞指代當前疫情，而開始使用“A（H1N1）型流感”一詞。

　　Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said on Thursday it agreed to use the name of "influenza A/H1N1" instead of "swine flu."

　　FAO Chief Veterinary Officer Joseph Domenech said FAO, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) agreed to no longer refer to "swine flu" but instead to "Influenza A/H1N1."

　　"Given current facts and scientific understanding, consumption of pig meat does not bring any increased risk to the consumer," the FAO official said.

　　"Stepping up swine influenza control measures in pigs, in the absence of the A/H1N1 virus, such as control of movements and culling, is not justified," said Domenech.

　　The challenge for governments, with FAO assistance, is to review measures to be taken in the veterinary realm, despite the fact that "there is currently no evidence to suggest that the novel human-to-human transmitted A/H1N1 influenza virus is circulating in pigs" in Mexico or anywhere else in the world, he said.

　　However, the FAO official recommended that pig disease surveillance be reinforced in order to detect, identify and monitor any new event which could be related to this new A/H1N1 virus circulation in humans.

　　With WHO raising its pandemic alert level from four to five, the Rome-based UN agency urged world governments to take adequate precautionary measures against the newly found A/H1N1 virus and to prepare for the eventual case of a pandemic.

　　世衛組織當天在其網站上刊登的一條簡短通告中說，從30日起，世衛組織將用“A（H1N1）型流感”一詞來指代這種新的流感病毒。

　　世衛組織已多次表明，雖然這種新型病毒是由豬流感病毒演變而來，但到目前為止這種病毒隻是使人患病，還沒有發現豬被感染的病例。世衛組織還強調，食用充分烹製的豬肉或豬肉產品不會感染病毒。

　　世衛組織發言人湯普森對媒體說，之所以更改當前疫情的叫法，是因為“豬流感”一詞容易誤導消費者，農業界和聯合國糧農組織已就此表達關切。

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