The epidemic situation of avian flu (February 2009)

[From the Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver]

Sent: 2009/02/03
Type of information: regional information

The epidemic situation of avian flu (February 2009)
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- If you have travel plans to stay in the area of infection,
And exposure to poultry and wild birds, please avoid. ~

1. Recent epidemic situation since May 17, 2003, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, highly pathogenic avian influenza should be a broad area such as Europe (H5N1 type) has occurred. Continue today, and it has been confirmed in humans from infection to infection and tri tri tri from around the world, your attention please. Recent infection status is as follows.

(1) in humans infected with H5N1 avian flu situation in 2008 after December 26, World Health Organization (WHO), 2008 12, India to Indonesia (in Banten, West Java) in 20 infected people (including 2人死deceased), 2008 12 May 2009 and one in China (Beijing, Shandong, Shanxi, Hunan, Xinjiang, Guizhou, Guangxi province) in the eight infected people (out of five death), a Vietnam in 2009 (Ministry of Thanh-hoa) if you have an infection, Egypt (October 6 and MONOFIYA Prefecture, Japan) announced that the two were confirmed to have infected people.

2003 Country infection has been confirmed in humans in later years are as follows.
(February 2, March 2009: Source WHO)
From Indonesia infected 141 people (including 115 deaths)
The number of infected people in Vietnam 107 (including 52 deaths)
Egypt from 53 people infected (including 23 deaths)
The number of Chinese infected 38 people (including 25 deaths)
25 Number of infected Thai people (including 17 deaths)
Turkey 12, the number of infected people (including four who died)
Cambodia 8 Number of infected people (including 7 deaths)
Azerbaijan 8 Number of infected people (including five deaths)
Iraq, the number of infected people (including 2 deaths)
The number of people infected with Pakistan 3 (including 1 death)
Laos 2 Number of infected people (including 2 deaths)
Nigeria a number of infected people (including 1 death)
Bangladesh a number of infected people (including 0 death)
Myanmar, a number of infected people (including 0 death)
Djibouti infected a few people (including 0 death)
15 countries in total number of infected 404 people (including 254 deaths)

(2) to the Office International des Epizooties Toricelli H5N1 avian flu infection status (OIE) said on December 26 since 2008, India (West Bengal, Sikkim State), Bangladesh (GAJIPURU County, NATORE Prefecture, Japan Kurigram Prefecture Dhaka, Chittagong Province), Vietnam (Thai Nguyen province, Thanh-hoa province), Nepal (JAPA County), to Toricelli has confirmed the H5N1 bird flu type. The outbreak is the first time in Nepal, the country Toricelli H5N1 outbreak of avian flu in 62 countries and regions.
To date, H5N1 has regional country outbreak of avian flu (62 countries) are as follows.

Asia (16): India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, China,
Hong Kong, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Laos Europe (26): Azerbaijan, Albania, Italy, Ukraine,
Britain, Austria, Kazakhstan, Greece,
Georgia, Croatia, Switzerland, Sweden,
Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Germany, Hungary, France,
Bulgaria, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Romania, Russia, Middle East (9): Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Iran,
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan, Africa (11): Egypt, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast,
Djibouti, Sudan, Togo, Nigeria,
Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin

Two.
The number of Japanese infected by contact with Tori, who returned cases with onset of symptoms of fever and cough (which is not infected with the H5N1 virus.) It is confirmed, the outbreak of bird flu The country does not inadvertently touch or close to the tri Please be careful and sanitation. The heat at home, when symptoms were cough, you should request a health clinic in the quarantine station. If the same symptoms appeared after the home is to consult the nearest health center, please travel in the region that had been infected. Other matters of note will stay infected area, "related to bird flu and new overseas travel for the Q & A", please refer to us.
(Http://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/kaian_search/sars_qa.html)