The Health Ministry drew up the action plan in the framework of the Azerbaijani Presidents decree on establishment of the State Commission on prevention of bird flu and coordination of joint activities of all bodies in this sphere, Ogtay Shiraliyev, the Azerbaijani Health Minister, said to journalists on Friday, Trend reports.
According to Shiraliyev, on Friday the Cabinet of Ministers will hold a meeting in this regard with participation of the representatives of all appropriate state bodies.
Shiraliyev noted that the plan of the Ministry was aimed at taking of preventive measures among the population.
The Health Ministry is currently taking all necessary measures on prevention of spreading of the virus. It allocated medical institutions both in the capital and the regions of the country, purchased special protection suits and medicines at the expense of the public budget, the Minister stressed.
The Commission includes Abbas Abbasov, the 1st deputy Primer, Ismat Abbasov, the Agriculture Minister, Heydar Babayev, the Economic Development Minister, Husseyngulu Baghirov, the Ecology and Natural Resources Minister, Avaz Alakbarov, the Finance Minister, Kamaladdin Heydarov, the Emergency Minister, Ogtay Shiraliyev, the Health Minister, Ramil Usubov, the Interior Minister, Aydin Aliyev, the chairman of the State Customs Committee, Elchin Guliyev, the head of the State Border Service, Zeynal Nagdaliyev, the head of the department for regional governance and work with municipalities under the Presidents Apparat, Vagif Sadigov, the deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Valibayov, the the deputy Minister of Health, Ismayil Hassanov, the head of the State Veterinary Service under the Agriculture Ministry.