Tick crisis!
Bird flu remains to be a global threat but we have another and more threatening problem. Tick has already killed 30 people in six months and it needs a national mobilization to stop ticks. Turks prefer not to go picnics. Bugs threaten national cultural habits (!)
I saw this anti-tick announcement in the campus.
Tick summit held in Ankara
A tick summit was held Thursday at the Ministry of Health to discuss overcoming the tick crisis in the country, which has killed 30 people in the last six months. A center is to be established by the ministry to handle tick-related problems in a more coordinated way.
In a meeting organized by the Health Ministry, the measures to be taken against the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, or CCHF, which is transmitted by tick bites, were discussed.
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There is no effective vaccine against CCHF. Experts thus recommend people learn ways to protect themselves against ticks. As of June 25, 2008, the number of infected people with tick-borne diseases in Turkey was 492, with 30 losing their lives. According to the ministry, there is not much risk for those living in urban areas.
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