Commonground's Map of Confirmed & Suspected Cases - June 18th

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More swine flu cases, human-to-human transmission detected in Vietnam

Vietnam on June 7 reported three new laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1), taking the total number of cases so far to 13, and confirmed transmission between humans in one of them.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health (DoH) confirmed that the three new swine flu-affected people returned from the US. A 10-year-old boy, his mother, and his three-year-old sister arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on June 5 after transiting in Hong Kong.

Discovering the boy had high fever, the airport quarantine center took him in and sent samples to the Pasteur Institute, which found him positive for the A/H1N1 flu virus.

Immediately, his mother and sister were taken to Children’s Hospital No.1 and they too tested positive.

Health authorities are now trying to trace the other passengers who arrived on the same flight as the three infected people.

On the same day, the DoH announced a case of human-to-human A/H1N1 transmission. A 19-year-old girl in the southern province of Dong Nai has never been abroad but has tested positive for the flu.

She lives with four infected people -- a 39-year-old woman and her three children who arrived from the US on May 29.

The head of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment, Nguyen Huy Nga, fears a possible epidemic since awareness is low in the country.

The Ministry of Health has warned passengers returning from affected nations to keep away from other people and wear masks in public places to avoid transmitting the disease.

At Tan Son Nhat airport, passengers arriving from the US, Japan, Hong Kong (China), and Taiwan (China) and suspected to be infected are being quarantined for tests.

DoH director Nguyen Van Chau has called for setting up an inter-regional steering team on the disease and asked the city’s Tropical Diseases Hospital share the burden with the Pasteur Institute which is being overrun by people seeking to get tested. More equipment is being provided to medical establishments.

India-Swine flu reaches capital, 2 infected

Jun 2009, 0229 hrs IST, Kounteya Sinha, TNN

NEW DELHI: Delhi reported its first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly H1N1 influenza virus on Sunday with scientists confirming that an infected middle aged man who had recently returned from New York had passed on the virus to his 60-year-old mother, who had been nursing him for the past three days. The 35-year-old man, believed to be a close relative of a well-known businessman associated with a pharma company, had returned to Delhi on June 2 from New York onboard an Air India flight (AI-102) and developed symptoms of H1N1 swine flu on June 4, following which he tested positive. The passenger was put on quarantine inside his farmhouse at Rajokri near the Palam airport. On Sunday, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed that the man's mother has also tested positive. The sample is, however, being sent to National Institute of Virology (Pune) for final confirmation. Union health ministry officials told TOI, ``Both the man and his mother were administered Tamiflu on June 4 even before their samples tested positive. The samples of the servants in the house have also been picked up. The man was travelling in the business class of Air India from New York, which had just one more passenger who is now being tracked down.'' The total number of H1N1 cases in India has climbed to 10 since the virus surfaced in the country on May 16. H1N1, which scientists fear could be the world's next pandemic, has spread to 69 countries, infected more than 22,000 people and killed 125. Meanwhile, Hyderabad saw its second case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus, the latest victim being a 25-year-old passenger who sat next to the 20-year-old medical student who got infected after returning from a holiday in Toronto on June 3. The passenger was sitting in the row next to the infected student in British Airways flight BA 277. All his close contacts are being traced and would be administered Tamiflu, the only anti-viral known to be effective against H1N1, as a preventive measure. Hyderabad had reported its first case of local human-to-human transmission of H1N1 on Saturday when a 28-year-old man who had arrived in the city from the US was found to have passed the infection to his brother. Even though Union health ministry officials say there is still no evidence yet of a cluster of cases in India that would entail banning all public meetings and putting in place social distancing mechanisms, they admit that cases will definitely start to spread far and wide.

Andhra requests Centre for PPE to contain swine flu

Ashok Das, Hindustan Times

Hyderabad, June 07, 2009

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy on Sunday requested the Centre to arrange Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to the air passengers in all the flights particularly to those who show symptoms, in order to contain spread of swine flu to other passengers. He sent a letter to this effect to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel after reviewing the situation with state health officials.

A team of officials from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), which inspected the facilities to tackle swine flu in the state, announced that a fully equipped swine flu surveillance center would be set up at Hyderabad soon to screen all suspected cases. Hyderabad has reported the largest number of influenza A (H1N1) cases, that is six out of eight cases in the country.

The team went around all the facilities including AP Chest hospital, the nodal center for treatment of swine flu cases. They had a meeting with state health minister Sudarshan Reddy.

The visiting team also recommended the setting up an advanced path lab to test the blood and swab samples swine flu suspects. Till now such a facility is not available at Hyderabad and samples are couriered to Delhi for tests, which takes two to three days.

"The NICD will also help us by imparting training to our medical personnel with regard to handling of the flu cases," Sudarshan Reddy told HT.

He said that there was absolutely no threat to local population even though one case of human-to-human transmission has been detected. "We are strengthening the screening of all passengers arriving at Hyderabad airport," he said and added that people should report any suspected cases to the authorities promptly.

Five more passengers who traveled on the British Airways flight on May 31, in which the infected techie was traveling, have contacted the authorities. They told the officials that they have none of the flu symptoms and would report back to chest hospital soon.

Meanwhile, chest hospital sources said that they were awaiting the NICD report about the four people referred to the hospital on suspicion. "We will take suitable action after receiving the reports," said a doctor.

Girl in Dakahliya .. Health announces 80 infection of bird flu

Confirmed on Sunday, No. 80 of human infection from bird flu in a girl named Nada Mohammed Abdulnabi, aged 4 years of dead iron Maniya victory Dakahlia province, said Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health.

وقال شاهين إن بداية ظهور الأعراض على الطفلة كانت يوم 5 من الشهر الجارى، دخلت على إثرها أمس السبت مستشفى صدر المنصورة، وهى تعانى من حمى ورشح عقب تعرضها لطيور يشتبه فى إصابتها بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور، لافتاً إلى أنه فور الاشتباه فى إصابتها بالمرض تم إعطاؤها عقار التاميفلو وحالتها المرضية مستقرة، وجارٍ تحويلها لمستشفى منشية البكرى.

Sahin said that the onset of symptoms the child had been on 5 of this month, entered the hospital on Saturday following which was Egypt, which is suffering from a fever and was nominated after exposure to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu, he said, adding that once suspected of being infected with the disease were given the drug Tamiflu, a stable and satisfactory condition, and is being transferred to a hospital in the capital Bakrie.

Japan implemented new methods to prevent influenza A/H1N1 virus

Updated at: 3:33 PM, 07/06/2009




At the international airport, Narita, it is installed on a wall special equipment from the metal titanium, the lights on this device will be generated active oxygen effect resolution dust and kill all kinds of khuẩn virus and click on it.

This new method is known how to prevent influenza A/H1N1 catalysis by light. This is the group's research, Department of Industrial Japan.

This method has both simple and effective for the same hygiene and detergent in public places, especially the period of A/H1N1 flu is rife in many countries around the world. /.

Vietnam-Patients infected with influenza A (H1N1) increase dizziness to 13 people

'07/06/2009 (GMT +7)

- Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has confirmed 3 more songs with positive influenza A (H1N1). Thus, up to this time, the number of patients infected with influenza A (H1N1) in Vietnam has increased to 13. Detected after 10 year old boy from the U.S. back to Vietnam Nam Male . infected with influenza A (H1N1) with that in body temperature at the airport to the Tan Son Nhat night 6 / 6, 4 relatives to go with the boy, including the mother, brother, he was taken to the hospital directory and in most tests and throat. Vice Minister Trinh Quan Huan is in flu patients. Ảnh: NT Photo: NT Test results here just to see, LTAH mothers (36 years) and girls D.BJNT (3 years) were infected with influenza A (H1N1). Own father and his son by the boy received negative results. . Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health also provided a list of them to flight with 3 patients on the Medical Center for the districts to be supervised and guided isolation during the earliest. For passengers in flight UA869 on 5 / 6 and south of Trung Ta Bao infected with influenza A (H1N1), Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health noted the implementation of self-isolation. The passenger flights go to bring to this site, limited exposure, to avoid crowded places and regularly monitor the status of their health. If anyone has any symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose immediately call hotline of the Department of Health Vietnam by telephone number 39309981 for help and advice. On 7 / 6, HCM City Department of Health Center for Health Quarantine international detected 10 more of immigration fever in the 38 degree C. All have been transferred to hospital in Tropical Diseases and Nhi Dong 1 to isolation and monitoring.

Isolation of the family of an Egyptian suspected of bird infected pigs

Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 20:31
The quarantine authorities at Cairo International Airport to isolate the family of an Egyptian suspected of having avian influenza virus infected pigs, where a doctor found the quarantine on Sunday the signing of the medical examination of the child Mohammed Ashraf Mohamed Rashad, "one year" and show a high degree of temperature and Barashh and a red face, was also isolated his mother, Amira Saber Thaki "37 years" Ayatollah Ashraf and his brothers, "10 years and Shirin Ashraf" 8 years "and harmony," 3 years "as Mkhaltin him, where he was transferred to a hospital diets بالعباسية to withdraw their samples to confirm infection with HIV or not.

حيث كانوا قادمين فى الرحلة رقم 541 من الكويت على متن طائرة خطوط الطيران الكويتية، كما تم فحص جميع الركاب الذين كانوا على متن الطائرة وتبين سلامتهم جميعا، كما تم تسجيل بياناتهم وأماكن إقامتهم فى مصر لمراقبتهم صحيا خلال فترة التواجد

. Where they were coming in 541 flight from Kuwait aboard a Kuwait Airways, has also been examining all the passengers who were aboard the plane and found the safety of all of us, was also recorded their statements and their places of residence in Egypt for the control of health during the period of presence.

Isolation of three Egyptians suspected of having bird flu in pigs

The quarantine authorities in Cairo International Airport at dawn on Sunday, the family of an Egyptian isolate suspected SARS virus, swine flu, a doctor was found to quarantine high temperature Nagwa Mahmoud Harbi (25 years) and inflammation in her throat and nominated, as were her two children to isolate Mr. Salah (4 years) and Amir Salah (years) as Mkhaltin have been taken to hospital diets بالعباسية. يذكر أن الراكبة وطفليها كانوا قادمين على متن طائرة مصر للطيران من مالبينزا بإيطاليا. Recalled that the woman and her two children were on board the plane from Egypt Air Malpinza Italy.

تم فحص جميع الركاب الذين كانوا على متن الطائرة وتسجيل بياناتهم وأماكن إقامتهم بمصر لمراقبتهم صحياً خلال فترة تواجدهم، وقد استقبل الحجر الصحى بمطار القاهرة حتى أمس السبت 8000 راكب من 71 رحلة طيران قادمين من الدول الموبوءة، والتى وضعتها منظمة الصحة العالمية ضمن دائرة الاشتباه. Were examined, who were all passengers on board the plane and the recording of their statements and their places of residence in Egypt for the control of their health during the period, the quarantine was received at Cairo airport on Saturday until 8000 passengers from 71 flights from the affected States, which the World Health Organization within the circle of suspicion.

Assiut admitted receiving the first suspected case of bird flu

Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 19:10

Received hospital fevers Assiut, Ms. Nimat Ahmed Hussein (60 years) and living in "Aghannaim" suspected of being infected with bird flu virus, and the patient had entered the day before yesterday, Assiut University Hospital with severe pneumonia and coma, and University Hospital physicians seized, and the initial medical examinations have shown that the suspicion of being infected with bird flu.

وقال د.البدرى أبو النور مدير المستشفى الجامعى بأسيوط، إن المستشفى استقبل السيدة نعمات، التى حضرت إلى المستشفى مصابة بغيبوبة إثر إصابتها بالتهاب رئوى حاد متقدم، سبقه إصابتها بالأنفلونزا وارتفاع فى درجة حرارتها، وعلى الفور قام المستشفى بفحصها مبدئياً، وأجرت بعض التحاليل الطبية، واشتبهت فى إصابتها بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور، مما استدعى نقلها إلى مستشفى حميات أسيوط.

A d. Badri Abu Nour, director of the hospital in Assiut University, said that the hospital had received Ms. Na'amat, which came to the hospital with a coma suffering from pneumonia, following a sharp advance, preceded her in influenza and a high temperature and immediately examined by the hospital initially, and had some medical tests, suspected of being infected with bird flu, and was transported to the hospital admitted obsession.

قال د.أحمد عبد المنعم وكيل وزارة الصحة بأسيوط، إن مستشفى الحميات قام بأخذ عينات من المريضة، وتم إرسالها للمعامل المركزية بالقاهرة لتحليلها، لبيان مدى إصابتها بالمرض من عدمه، وأشار وكيل الوزارة إلى أنه من المنتظر أن تظهر نتيجة العينة غداً الاثنين.

D said. Ahmed Abdel-Moneim, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Health of Assiut, the fever, the hospital took samples from the patient were sent to labs central Cairo for analysis, the extent of her illness or not, the undersecretary of the ministry pointed out that it was expected that the outcome of the sample on Monday.

Egypt: 4 cases of detention of suspected bird flu lake

Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 16:07

D said. Yosri Congratulations, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health the lake, the hospital admitted Damanhour detained 4 suspected cases of bird flu patients after the emergence of the symptoms are similar to the symptoms of very high temperature, sore throat and difficulty in breathing and pain in the bones.

حيث احتجزت المستشفى، شهد الدسوقى (عامان) ومريم جمال (30 سنة) وهانى إدريس (25 سنة) وسعدة الشيخ (15 سنة)، تم وضع الحالات تحت الملاحظة بعد أخذ عينة دم منهم لتحليلها فى المعامل المركزية بالقاهرة لبيان مدى إصابتهم بالمرض.

The hospital where she was detained, the El (two), and the beauty of Mary (30 years) and Hani Idris (25 years) and Se'da Sheikh (15 years), cases have been put under observation after taking a blood sample for analysis, including the central laboratory in Cairo, with the extent of their disease.

وعلى الفور تم تشكيل لجنة من مديرية الطب الوقائى والإدارة الصحية والطب البيطرى، بمرافقة قوات الأمن, انتقلت لمنازل المصابين لتطهيرها وتطهير المنازل المجاورة وأخذ عينات من الطيور الموجودة بالمنزل لفحصها معملياً.

And were immediately set up a committee from the Directorate of Preventive Medicine and Department of health and veterinary medicine, accompanied by the security forces, moved to the injured, clearing houses and clearing houses nearby and took samples of birds in the home laboratory for examination.

Egypt: 6 negative cases of swine flu and Hurghada Kafr El-Sheikh

Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 17:18

5 samples were the result of tourists negative factor was the central Ministry of Health, the quarantine authorities had detained Hurghada airport, the Russian woman and her son, a Dutch tourist and tourist Slovak and German tourists, cameras have been uncovered at the airport measuring gases rising temperatures and exercise Guessing been detained pending receipt of the results of the examination was permit them to leave.

كما أكد د.زيدان المنشاوى مدير مستشفى كفر الشيخ العام، أن الحالة التى تم احتجازها أمس السبت، للاشتباه فى إصابتها بمرض أنفلونزا الخنازير لشخص يدعى أحمد خضر (27 سنة) بعد عودته من إيطاليا إلى كفر الشيخ جاءت العينة سلبية بعد إن تم إجراء الفحوصات فى المعامل المركزية بوزارة الصحة.

As he said. Minshawi Zidane Director-General Hospital, Kafr El-Sheikh, the situation, which was seized on Saturday on suspicion of being infected with swine flu to a person named Ahmed Khadr (27 years) after his return from Italy to Kafr el-Sheikh was a negative sample after it had been conducting tests in Central Laboratories, Ministry of Health.

أشار المنشاوى إلى استقرار الحالة وأنها سوف تغادر اليوم الأحد، المستشفى بعد التأكيد على سلبيتها وطالب بضرورة عمل الفحوصات اللازمة لأى مواطن عائد من دولة أجنبية قبل دخوله إلى أرض الوطن.

He explained to the stabilization of the situation and they will leave on Sunday, hospital after an emphasis on the lack of action and called for testing for any citizen returning from a foreign country prior to entering the home.

Saudi man has swine flu - TV report

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FLU ALERT: Al Arabiya television on Sunday reported that a Saudi man had swine flu. (Getty Images - for illustrative purposes only)

A Saudi man who returned from the United States has the new H1N1 flu virus, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television reported on Sunday.

The Dubai-based network did not disclose the source of the report.

Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia confirmed its first case of the virus in a Filipina nurse who arrived by air from the Philippines.Saudi Arabia's neighbour Kuwait said on May 24 that 18 U.S. soldiers had H1N1 flu in the first cases to hit the world's largest oil exporting region.

Kuwait is a logistics base for the U.S. army for their Iraq operations.

India confirms three fresh swine flu cases, total eight

Jun 6, 2009 - 6:31:39 PM


By IANS, [RxPG] Hyderabad/New Delhi, June 6 - India Saturday reported three fresh cases of swine flu, including a woman and her four-and-a-half-year old daughter, in the Andhra Pradesh capital, taking the total confirmed cases to eight so far.

Those who tested positive for influenza A - also include the 24-year-old brother of a techie who had returned from the US May 31 with the infection. Doctors and health officials said this is the first indigenous case of swine flu in India.

'While others who tested positive had come from other countries, the 24-year-old is the first person to be infected without travelling abroad,' L.V. Subrahmanyam, principal secretary health, government of Andhra Pradesh, told IANS.

Of the eight cases, six are from Hyderabad, which also reported the first case in the country May 16.

A 30-year-old woman and her four-and-a-half-year old daughter, who travelled along with the 28-year-old techie from Philadelphia to Hyderabad via London on May 31 were also found infected.

All the infected people have been kept in isolation and are being treated at the government-run Chest Hospital in Hyderabad.

Four others who travelled with the techie by British Airways flight BA 277 on May 31 are also under observation. 'We have sent samples of two of them to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases -, New Delhi, while the samples of two others are being sent,' Subrahmanyam said.

The official said all those who travelled with the techie were being traced. Health officials have already appealed to those who travelled in proximity to the man to come forward and undergo the tests at the Chest Hospital, the nodal centre to deal with swine flu cases.

The officials asked all the air passengers who had developed swine flu symptoms after reaching home to approach the Chest Hospital as it alone has the required facilities to quarantine the patients and treat them. 'Some passengers are going to private hospitals but this will not help,' said K. Subhakar, the coordinator of the nodal centre.

Subrahmanyam said all international air passengers were being screened after their arrival at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad here. Those found with visible symptoms of swine flu are being directly sent to the Chest Hospital.

'We have so far screened 80,000 passengers at the airport,' said the official. He also confirmed that a team of doctors from NICD is arriving in Hyderabad to study the steps taken to screen the passengers and treat the confirmed cases.

The 28-year-old techie who arrived from Philadelphia on May 31 had gone home after his arrival at the airport. He later developed high fever and approached the Chest Hospital on June 2. The next day he tested positive for H1N1 influenza.

In New Delhi, Shiv Lal, head of NICD, told IANS that there were now eight confirmed cases of swine flu in India.

'It is now confirmed that the techie transmitted the virus to his brother and a girl and her mother who were travelling with him on the same flight,' he said.

'The two adults have been put on - Oseltamivir, as are the others,' Lal said.

The girl is being given Tamiflu syrup to combat the virus. 'She is very young to take the drugs given to adults so we are giving her the syrup,' he said.

'The NICD team will reach Hyderabad tonight along with a multi-disciplinary rapid response team,' Lal said.

Lal said they have so far tested over 150 samples of which eight were found to be confirmed swine flu cases.

India reported its first swine flu infection May 16 - that of a 23-year-old man who travelled by Emirates Airline from New York to Hyderabad via Dubai. He has now been discharged after treatment.

Subhakar said if the World Health Organisation - raises the level of pandemic alert to six for India, this would solve the problem. 'If WHO declares level six, the borders of India will be closed for all those countries affected by the swine flu,' he said.

Health screening of passengers coming from the affected countries is continuing at 21 international airports and over 1.3 million passengers have been screened so far.

The WHO has reported about 21,940 confirmed cases of influenza A- infection from 69 countries and 125 deaths till June 5.

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Egypt: Development of 6 cases from the affected countries under observation (H1N1)

Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 14:02

Been meeting Sunday attended by the Directorate of Health and the Department of Preventive Medicine, 6 cases come from countries affected with swine flu under constant observation and monitoring the health of the 10-day period for fear of the emergence of symptoms.

كانت الإدارة العامة للحجر الصحى قد أرسلت أسماء المواطنين الستة القادمين من فرنسا وأمريكا لمديرية الصحة بالغربية لوضعهم تحت الملاحظة المستمرة والمراقبة الصحية هم والمخالطين لهم والتنبيه عليهم بالتوجه لأقرب مستشفى حميات أو صدر فى حالة ظهور أى أعراض مرضية عليهم، وهم وليد عبد القادر سليم (15 سنة) وياسمين عبد القادر سليم (10 سنوات) ومروان عبد القادر سليم قادمون من أمريكا ومقيمون بميت كبيش البحرية مركز طنطا ورؤوف إبراهيم بربرى (50 سنة) وإبراهيم عبد الرحيم بدر (36 سنة) ميت بدر حلاوة مركز سمنود وعمرو محمود أحمد المصرى (30 سنة) المحلة.

The General Directorate of quarantine had been sent the names of six citizens from France, America meeting Sunday attended by the Directorate of Health to put them under constant observation and monitoring of health and their contacts and alert them to go to the nearest hospital or was admitted in the case of any symptoms to them, and Walid Abdul-Kader Selim (15 years ), and Yasmeen, Abdel Kader Salim (10 years) and Marwan Abdel Kader Salim come from America and residents Bmit Ckbyc Maritime Center Tanta barbaric and Rauf Ibrahim (50 years) and Badr Abdul Rahim Ibrahim (36 years) is dead Badr Halawa Center Smonod Amr Ahmed Al-Mahmoud (30 years) Mahala.

قامت إدارة الطب الوقائى بالمرور عليهم وإجراء الكشف الطبى ومتابعة حالتهم الصحية والمخالطين لهم.

The Department of Preventive Medicine, and they pass a medical examination and follow-up of their health and their contacts.

Egypt: Suspect Swine Flu & H5N1 in Same Area

Swine Flu Suspect:

June 7th http://tinyurl.com/re7cgg
Swine Flu
Ahmed al-Khidr
From: Kafr el-Sheikh
Came from Italy on Private Aviation

Confirmed H5N1 in Kafr El-Sheikh:

June 1 http://tinyurl.com/km7yn3
Zainab Hilal Mahmoud (4 years) - confirmed #78
From: El Sheikh district
Adm: 5/31
Onset: 5/30


Suspected Cases Cluster List for Kafr el-Sheikh:


Kafr Ash Shaykh Gov.
Kafr El-Sheikh
Post #134 May 14th
Munira Reza Abdul Samad (7 years) and
Ahmad Reza Abdul Samad (two), and brother
Faris Abdul Samad Reza (3 years ),

Post #155 May 17th
Abdulaziz Mohammed Ashraf (4) brother
Post # May 17th
Mohamed Abdel-Aziz al-Hajar (2)

Post #19 May 25th
Yusuf (Mother) from Kafr Al-Zayat Center
Mohammad Shebl (6) Brother
Zfti (brother)
Mnsourip Alfrstq (8) Sister

May 31 http://tinyurl.com/lk6w23
Abdullah Ahmad Rashad (3 years),
Israa Mahmoud Rashad (two years),

Post #6 May 21
Ibrahim (28) nurse Faraj al-Zarqa Salem Center
May 31 http://tinyurl.com/lk6w23
Mohamed Ibrahim (59 years),
Mustapha Ibrahim (35 years),


Suspected Cases H5N1 from Kafr El-Sheikh


Post #134 May 14th
Mohamed Radwan Hawwari (3 years) and friend
Nasser Rowan (7 months) and
Abdel Rahman Musa Rida (8 months) and
Munira Reza Abdul Samad (7 years) and
Ahmad Reza Abdul Samad (two), and brother
Faris Abdul Samad Reza (3 years ),
Magdi Abdel-Al Hendawi (39 years) and
Mona Ciny mouse (27 years)
Mohamed Abdel Fattah (20 years) and
Aziza Hassanein Junaidi (21 years) and
Raja Mohammed Saleh (49 years).

Post #155 May 17th
Mohamed Sabah (17)
Saeed Reza Khulud (3 mos)
Shanawi Mohammed Hamdan (19)
Sana Abdul Salam (39)
Ali Mohammed Abboud (37)
Fayza Ahmed Alnohori (24)
Abdulaziz Mohammed Ashraf (4)

Post #160 May 17th
Mohamed Abdel-Aziz al-Hajar (2) (brother t o Abdulaziz (4) above)

Post #168 May 19th
Mr. Awad Abdulghaffar (18) Kafr El-Sheikh
Hanan Reda Farhat, (2 1/2)

Post #169 May 19th
Mr. Esmat Abdel-Halim (55 years)
Nahed Mohamed (21 years)
Mr. Mohamed (10 years)
Mohammad Sabri Ikrami (8 years)

Post #6 May 21
Yassin Abdel-Moneim, (59)
Ibrahim (28) nurse Faraj al-Zarqa Salem Center

Post #17 May 25
6 cases from center Kulain and Kafr El-Sheikh, Sidi Salem & Riyadh

Post #19 May 25th
Yusuf (Mother) from Kafr Al-Zayat Center
Mohammad Shebl (6) Brother
Zfti (brother)
Mnsourip Alfrstq (8) Sister

May 27
6 cases reported
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...753#post239753

May 31 http://tinyurl.com/lk6w23
Dalal Abdel Fattah SBAI (6 months),
Hamdi Issa (30 years),
Reham Hamdi (18 months),
Hoda Abdel-Azim (12 years),
Abdullah Ahmad Rashad (3 years),
Israa Mahmoud Rashad (two years),
Mohamed Ibrahim (59 years),
Madiha Ramadan (40 years),
Mahmoud A. (3 years),
Ahmed Maher (8 years),
Salwa Mohammed Rifai (32 years),
Mustapha Ibrahim (35 years),
Mustafa Rana Islam (3 years).

Egypt: 14 detained on suspicion of bird flu & 1 suspect for Swine Flu

ظهور ثاني حالة اشتباه بأنفلونزا الخنازير.. The emergence of the second suspected case of swine flu .. في كفر الشيخ In Kafr El-Sheikh

تم احتجاز 14 شخصا في حميات قنا وأشمون ومنوف ودمنهور والاسكندرية وكفر الشيخ للاشتباه في إصابتهم بفيروس انفلونزا الطيور. 14 people were detained in Qena, fevers and Echmoun Mnov and Damanhour, Alexandria, Kafr El-Sheikh on suspicion of being infected with bird flu. كما شهدت محافظة كفر الشيخ أول حالة اشتباه بمرض انفلونزا الخنازير داخل المحافظة لمواطن يدعي أحمد خضر "نقاش" ومقيم بمدينة كفر الشيخ. The province of Kafr el-Sheikh witnessed the first suspected case of bird flu in pigs, preservation of a citizen, Ahmed al-Khidr, "discussion" and a resident of the city of Kafr el-Sheikh. تبين أن المواطن وصل مؤخرا من إيطاليا علي شركة طيران خاصة وبعد وصوله لمسكنه شعر بارتفاع شديد في درجة الحرارة ورشح بالأنف وخمول في الجسد فنقلته أسرته للمستشفي. Show that the citizen recently arrived from Italy on a private aviation company, and after his arrival to his home was up in the great temperature and running nose, the inertia in the body Venqlth his family to the hospital. أعلن الدكتور زيدان المنشاوي مدير عام مستشفي كفر الشيخ حالة الطوارئ وابلاغ المحافظ أحمد عابدين والدكتور أسامة فريد وكيل وزارة الصحة بالواقعة وتم احتجاز المواطن داخل الجناح المخصص لهذا المرض. Dr. Zeidan Minshawi Director of Kafr El-Sheikh hospital in a state of emergency and to inform the Governor, Dr. Ahmed Osama Abdeen unique and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health the incident were detained citizen within the wing for this disease. من جهة ثانية أعدمت اللجنة العليا لمكافحة مرض انفلونزا الطيور بالغربية 850 طائرا وأغلقت 11 محلا لبيع الطيور الحية بمدن وقري المحافظة وتمت إزالة 25 عشة طيور بأسطح المنازل وضبط 7 سيارات نقل محملة بالدواجن الحية بدون تصريح. On the other hand destroyed the Supreme Committee to Combat Bird flu meeting Sunday attended by 850 birds and 11 shops were closed for the sale of live birds to maintain the cities and villages have been removed 25 birds straw roofs and control the transfer of 7 cars loaded with live chickens without a permit. hat-tip Florida1

Egypt: Agriculture postpone a vaccination campaign against avian influenza in poultry for the absence of serum

7-6 / 2009

Ministry of Agriculture is facing a financial crisis «sharp», due to lack of funds necessary to purchase 300 million doses of vaccine to immunize birds in rural education, within the plan to combat bird flu, at a cost of up to 517 million pounds, which was described by the General Authority for Veterinary Services, «the main reason for the postponement of the fifth start of the national campaign to vaccinate poultry in the various provinces», which was scheduled for this month.

وتدرس الوزارة تحويل محال بيع الطيور الحية المطابقة للمواصفات الصحية والبيطرية والبيئية إلى مجازر يدوية، يتم بيع الدواجن المذبوحة بها، حتى الانتهاء من إنشاء مجازر الدواجن التى تستوعب الإنتاج القومى، البالغ مليونى طائر، وحل مشكلة حظر بيع الطيور الحية وإنقاذ صناعة الدواجن. The ministry is considering the transfer of stores that sell live birds of conformity and veterinary health and environmental massacres hand, the sale of slaughtered poultry, in a bid to finalize the establishment of the massacres to accommodate production of poultry, which the National, of two million birds, and the problem of a ban on the sale of live birds and to save the poultry industry.

وقررت الوزارة رفض دخول رسالة لقاحات بيطرية لتحصين الدواجن ضد مرض أنفلونزا الطيور، تصل إلى ما يقرب من ٤٥٠ جرعة أمصال، بعد ثبوت أنها «غير مطابقة للمواصفات المصرية»، التى اعتمدتها معامل الوزارة.

The ministry refused to enter a veterinary vaccines to immunize poultry against bird flu, up to about 450 doses of vaccines after they prove «nonconforming Egypt», adopted by the factor of the ministry.

وقال الدكتور يوسف شلبى، رئيس الإدارة المركزية للحجر البيطرى، التابع للهيئة العامة للخدمات البيطرية: «إن شحنة اللقاحات لحساب الشركة الدولية للتجارة الحرة - التى قامت باستيرادها من المكسيك بكميات بلغت ٩ آلاف زجاجة، بكل منها ٥٠٠ جرعة - أمصال لمكافحة المرض فى التربية المنزلية»، مشيراً إلى أن تقارير معامل التحاليل التابعة لمركز البحوث الزراعية أكدت عدم مطابقتها المواصفات المصرية.

Dr. Yusuf said Chalabi, head of the Central Department of Veterinary Quarantine of the General Authority for Veterinary Services: «The shipment of vaccines for the calculation of the international company for free trade - which has imported from Mexico amounted to 9 in quantities of thousands of bottles, each 500 doses - of vaccines to combat the disease in the household of Education» He pointed out that the laboratory reports of the Agricultural Research Center confirmed the non-conformity with the specifications of Egypt.

وأضاف شلبى: «تقرر تخيير المستورد إما إعدام الشحنة بالكامل أو إعادتها إلى دولة المنشأ، وهى المكسيك»، مشيراً إلى أن لجنة مشتركة من الحجر البيطرى والجمارك ستقوم بالإشراف على نقل الشحنة من الميناء إلى الباخرة غداً الاثنين، للتأكد من إعادتها للمكسيك ومنع تسربها إلى داخل البلاد. Chalabi added: «the importer decides to opt out, either in full or in execution of the shipment back to the State of origin, Mexico», pointing out that a joint committee of the veterinary quarantine and customs will be to oversee the transfer of cargo from the port to ship on Monday, to ensure their return to Mexico and to prevent leakage into the the country.

تدرس الحكومة تكليف المحافظين بتوفير الاعتمادات المالية اللازمة لإقامة «أكشاك» للأطباء البيطريين بمختلف الكمائن بين المحافظات، لتسهيل أعمالهم فى السيطرة على حركة الدواجن بين المحافظات، والتأكد من تصاريح نقل الطيور من مزارع الدواجن إلى المجازر المعتمدة للذبح، بالإضافة إلى التأكد من تصاريح خلوها من المرض. Mandated Conservative government is considering providing funds for the establishment of «stands» Veterinarians ambushes between the various provinces, to facilitate their work in controlling the movement of poultry between provinces, and to ensure that permits the transfer of birds from poultry farms to slaughterhouses approved for slaughter, as well as to ensure that permits free of the disease .

Egypt: Suspected in a child and a woman with bird flu Menoufia

Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 11:19
The Directorate of Medical Affairs for Menoufia booking two new suspected bird flu, following the emergence of symptoms of the disease on them.

وأوضح الدكتور هشام عطا يوسف وكيل وزارة الصحة بالمنوفية، أن الحالة الأولى لربة منزل تدعى عطيات عبد العزيز موسى (55 سنة) وتقيم بناحية شنوفة مركز شبين الكوم وتم حجزها بمستشفى حميات منوف، والحالة الثانية لطفل يدعى محمد أحمد هاشم عبد الوهاب (6 سنوات) ويقيم بناحية كفر زلابية مركز أشمون وتم حجزه بمستشفى حميات أشمون إثر ظهور أعراض المرض عليه من ارتفاع فى درجة الحرارة و قىء وآلام بالمفاصل وتم أخذ عينه من دم المصابين وإرسالها إلى المعامل المركزية بوزارة الصحة لفحصها، وتبين أن السبب وراء الاشتباه فى إصابة الحالتين مخالطتهما لطيور حيه وتربية طيور فوق أسطح المنازل.
And Dr. Hisham Youssef Atta, Deputy Minister of Health Menoufia, the first case of the housewife called Attiyat Abdel Aziz Moussa (55 years) and assess the status of district Henwvp Shebin was booked hospital Mnov fevers, and the second case of a child named Mohammed Ahmed Hashim Abdul-Wahab (6 years) reside Kafr El-dumpling County Center Echmoun was admitted Echmoun detention hospital following the emergence of symptoms of high fever and vomiting and pain of joints were taken from the same blood, the injured and sent to the central Ministry of Health laboratories for examination and found that the reason behind the suspected infection cases Mkhaltthma of live birds and breeding birds on the roofs of houses.

H1N1 flu infections climb to nearly 22,000

- Jun 05, 2009
The World Health Organization's (WHO) latest update on Friday (June 5) officially reported 21,940 cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu, including 125 deaths since the outbreak began in April. Three more countries were added to the WHO's list of affected countries on Friday - Barbados, Luxembourg and Saudi Arabia, which brought the total number of affected countries to 69. The US continues to report the most H1N1 flu infections with 11,054 cases, including 17 deaths, while Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak, confirms a significantly lower number of cases with 5,563 and a higher number of casualties with 103, according to the WHO's figures. Friday's updated numbers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are higher, as they factor in both confirmed and probable cases. The US agency reported a total of 13,217 confirmed cases in all 50 states, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and 27 deaths. Ten more deaths - Connecticut (1), Illinois (2), Michigan (1), New York (4), Utah (1), Virginia (1) - have been reported since Wednesday's (June 3) CDC update and Wisconsin continues to be the hardest-hit state with 2,217 cases. An emergency meeting was held on Friday by WHO experts to discuss whether a full-scale H1N1 flu pandemic would be declared. The UN agency kept its pandemic flu alert at Phase 5, but agreed that in the future, alert changes would reflect the severity of an outbreak, in addition to its geographical spread, Reuters reported. Discussion to alter the WHO's pandemic alert scale arose due to criticism that it may have caused unnecessary panic about the new flu strain, which seems to cause mainly mild illness. During the meeting, WHO experts again advised countries not to close borders or restrict international travel as the strategy was deemed ineffective. Vaccine development was also discussed, and the WHO said the production of the seasonal flu vaccine should continue for now as work progresses to develop a vaccine against the H1N1 flu. Meanwhile, Canadian health officials on Friday developed a network of researchers to expedite research on influenza, Reuters reported. According to Canadian Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, the network, consisting of 80 scientists from 30 research and public health institutions, will receive US$9.7 million (10.8 million Canadian dollars) over the course of the next three years. Although the outbreak has infected 1,795 Canadians, including three casualties, the impact has been relatively mild. However, Aglukkaq was quoted as saying, "we must be vigilant and we must be ready to respond, and of course research will play a major role in this." Swine influenza has previously been identified as a contagious respiratory disease that commonly infects pigs and is caused by a type-A influenza. The current strain is a new variation of an H1N1 virus, which is known as a mix of human and animal versions. The dangers of this strain exist when the flu spreads from human to human instead of from animals to humans, as the virus can continue to mutate, making it difficult to treat and combat because people do not have natural immunity.

Hong Kong Adds 3 Swine Flu Cases, Total Reaches 33 (Update1)

June 7 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong confirmed three new cases of human swine influenza, bringing the total in the city to 33, the health department said.

All three patients arrived in Hong Kong on overseas flights, according to a statement on the government Web site today. The first was a 20-year-old woman studying in Switzerland; the second was a man, 18, studying in Toronto; the third was a 25- year-old woman returning from Vancouver.

Separately, mainland China confirmed five more cases of the disease, known as A(H1N1), raising its total to 72, state newspaper China Daily reported, citing health officials.

The World Health Organization says 21,940 cases, including 125 deaths, have been reported in 69 countries. In most cases, the illness causes symptoms no more serious than seasonal flu.

Singapore’s health ministry today said one more swine flu case was confirmed, for a total count of 15. The patient has “relatively mild symptoms” and is stable, the department said in a statement yesterday.

South Korea said one more person was confirmed with the virus, bringing its tally to 47. Malaysia confirmed its seventh case yesterday.

New infrared scanners are being developed that can detect respiratory infections earlier than current temperature monitors, the South China Morning Post reported today, citing scientists.

PLASMODIUM GABONI MALARIA, CHIMPANZEES - GABON

6 Jun 2009
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New Plasmodium species found in chimpanzees
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Scientists from France and Gabon have published the discovery of a
new Plasmodium that infects chimpanzees in central Africa.

In the paper published in the journal PLoS Pathogens, the scientists
suggest that the new species, named _Plasmodium gaboni_ is closely
related to _Plasmodium falciparum_, the most severe human malaria parasite.

The scientists discovered the new Plasmodium species by analysing 19
chimpanzees in a village in Gabon; 2 of the chimpanzees were infected
with the parasite and sequencing the mitochondrial genome revealed
that it belonged to a new species of Plasmodium, and is closely
related to P. falciparum.

According to the scientists from the Center for Medical Research
Franceville and the Institute of Research for Development, the
discovery is an important step to establish a possible relationship
between malaria which affects humans and chimpanzees.

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Ollomo B, Durand P, Prugnolle F, Douzery E, Arnathau C, D Nkoghe,
Leroy E, Renaud F. A New Malaria Agent in African Hominids PLoS
Pathogen. 2009, 5 (5): e1000446
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[_Plasmodium gaboni_ is a new species closely related to _Plasmodium
falciparum_ in humans, and _Plasmodium reichenowi_ is also in found in
chimpanzees. _P. gaboni_ separated from the Plasmodium clade earlier
than _P. falciparum_ and _P. reichenowi_ (see fig. 1 "Phylogenetic
relationships among
Plasmodium species" in the reference above). _P. falciparum_ and _P.
reichenowi_ (see Rodhain J, Dellaert R. Studies on Plasmodium schwetzi
E. Brumpt. III. Plasmodium schwetzi infection in humans. Ann Soc Belg
Med Trop 1955;35:757-75). In areas where humans and chimpanzees live
close together as in part of west and central Africa, it is likely
that human infections from both _P.gaboni_, _P. reichenow_ and _P.
schwetzi_ are unnoticed in humans and misclassified as _P. falciparum_
and _P. vivax_ respectively. Blood meal identifications in local
mosquito populations would probably identify chimpanzee blood as
human blood due to cross reactivity of the antibodies used. Genetic
studies in humans in these areas are therefore needed to see if
indeed chimpanzee malaria species are found in humans, just as such
studies identified _P. knowlesi_ in humans in southeast Asia -- see
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S.Korea confirms 47th case

June 7, 2009
SEOUL (South Korea) - SOUTH Korea's health ministry says it has confirmed one more case of swine flu, bringing the country's total to 47.

The Health Ministry said in a statement Sunday that a 25-year-old South Korean woman tested positive for the virus on Saturday following a recent trip to China.

It says she took the same flight on Monday from South Korea to China as an American man who later tested positive for swine flu and has been quarantined in China.

The statement says that of the country's 47 cases, only six remain quarantined. -- AP

China reports 5 more swine flu cases, total at 72

Associated Press , Beijing Sun, 06/07/2009 10:41 AM World

Chinese health authorities have reported five more cases of swine flu in people who recently arrived from the U.S. and Canada, bringing the total number on the mainland to 72.

The newly infected people were in Beijing and the provinces of Hubei, Guangdong and Sichuan, the Health Ministry and local health bureaus said Saturday.

Authorities have quarantined 15 people in close contact with two women in Beijing who tested positive for swine flu after arriving from the U.S. a few days ago, the Beijing health bureau said.

Meanwhile, Guangdong officials were working to locate people in contact with an infected man who arrived from Canada on Friday.

The two other cases were in Chinese Americans who arrived from U.S. cities.

Authorities have been enforcing quarantines and temperature checks at airports throughout the country to prevent the virus from spreading.

The World Health Organization said it has spread to 69 countries and infected nearly 22,000 people. Most of the cases have been mild, though 126 people have died as a result of the disease.

AVIAN INFLUENZA (43): CHINA (QH) POULTRY, WILD BIRDS, OIE

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Date: 4 Jun 2009
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, China (People's Rep. of)

Information received on 04 Jun 2009 from Dr Zhang Zhongqui, Deputy
Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary
Bureau, Beijing, China (People's Rep. of)

Summary
Report type: Follow-up report No. 1
Start date 08 May 2009
Date of first confirmation of the event 17 May 2009
Report date 04 Jun 2009
Date submitted to OIE 04 Jun 2009
Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence June 2006
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5N1
Nature of diagnosis: Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country
Related reports: Immediate notification (17 May 2009); Follow-up
report No. 1 (04 Jun 2009)

New outbreaks
Outbreak 1 Nanhai Prefecture, Nanhai Prefecture, QINGHAI
Date of start of the outbreak 27 May 2009
Outbreak status: Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: Not applicable

Species Birds
Susceptible 23 903
Cases 0
Deaths 0
Destroyed 23903
Slaughtered 0

Species Wild species
Susceptible
Cases
Deaths 162
Destroyed
Slaughtered
Affected population 23 093 domestic birds were destroyed as a
precaution to avoid avian influenza spread from wild birds to domestic birds.

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1

Species Birds
Apparent morbidity rate 0.00 percent
Apparent mortality rate 0.00 percent
Apparent case fatality rate **
Proportion susceptible animals lost* 100.00 percent

Species Wild species
Apparent morbidity rate **
Apparent mortality rate **
Apparent case fatality rate **
Proportion susceptible animals lost* **
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction
and/or slaughter
** Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection. Unknown or inconclusive

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (OIE's
Reference Laboratory)

Species Wild species
Test haemagglutination (HA) test
Test date 04 Jun 2009
Result Positive

Species Wild species
Test real-time PCR
Test date 04 Jun 2009
Result Positive

Species Wild species
Test virus isolation
Test date 04 Jun 2009
Result Positive

Future Reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

Phillipines-CHEd postpones opening of classes

Moves start to June 15 due to flu virus threat
Universities urged to upgrade sanitation facilities

By ANGELO G. GARCIA and ROY C. MABASA

June 7, 2009, 3:22am

The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) announced yesterday that the opening of classes for colleges and universities would be postponed for a week due to concerns on the looming threat of Influenza A (H1N1) in the country.

Chairman Emmanuel Angeles of CHEd said classes will open on Monday, June 15, instead of June 8. Other colleges and universities reset their classes opening to June 16 and 17.

The CHEd’s decision to reset the opening of classes followed the confirmation of Influenza A cases on three students, two of them Japanese nationals, of De La Salle University (DLSU) on Taft Ave., Malate, Manila. De La Salle officials cancelled classes in its main campus as it imposed a ten-day quarantine or up to June 14.

Angeles said the postponement of classes will enable the students, especially those coming from abroad, ample time to check on their health and go on self-quarantine in case of any symptoms of the virus.

Three universities in Metro Manila earlier reset the opening of their classes. The University of Santo Tomas (UST) and University of the Philippines – Manila (UP-M) campus moved their classes opening from June 8 to June 15 while Far Eastern University reset its opening to June 17.

The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) in Intramuros also reset the opening of classes to June 15 as university officials prepared also for the city university’s 44th foundation day celebration on June 18 and 19 with former President Fidel V. Ramos leading the guests.

The Department of Health has reported 33 swine flu cases, but all have shown mild symptoms, according to Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III. The country has the most number of swine flu cases in Southeast Asia according to the World Health Organization.

Angeles said that CHEd is coordinating closely with the Department of Health in monitoring the country’s schools, most especially DLSU’s situation. "Our colleges and universities have many foreign students who are coming from different countries that have swine flu victims," Angeles said.

As this developed, Vice President Noli De Castro said that schools which postponed the opening of their classes due to the threat of influenza A(H1N1) should invest in procuring sanitation products such as hand sanitizers or hand wash and place them in their comfort rooms for the protection of the students.

"After the suspension of their classes, how can they be sure that the threat, the virus, will go away," De Castro said.

The pronouncement came after several top schools in Metro Manila announced that they will postpone the opening of classes after the confirmation of cases of infection of the influenza A(H1N1) virus involving students of De La Salle University.

These schools include University of Asia and the Pacific (UAP), St. Paul University Manila, UST and FEU.

"Students and employees who recently went abroad for summer vacation are advised to go on self-quarantine for 10 days and to visit their personal doctors if influenza-like symptoms manifest within this period," said the UAP.

The UAP clarified, however, that "at present, we have no reported case of Influenza A(H1N1) virus among our students and employees. We took merely as a precaution."

St. Paul University Manila, in a separate statement, said that its president Wynna Marie A. Medina announced the postponement of the opening of classes to June 16.

"The postponement has been decided upon to give the university a chance to set precautionary measures in place," it said.

St. Paul University said that enrolment in the university would continue, and that employees are expected to report for work despite the postponement of opening of classes.

Japan explores using cell phones to stop pandemics

Jun 6, 8:16 PM EDT By JAY ALABASTER Associated Press Writer

TOKYO (AP) -- A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they attend classes and wander the halls. If nothing is done, it will quickly gain momentum and rip through the student body, then jump to parents and others in the community. But officials will attempt to stymie the disease and save the school - using mobile phones. The sickness will be a virtual one, in an experiment funded by the Japanese government. A subsidiary of Softbank Corp., a major Japanese Internet and cellular provider, has proposed a system that uses phones to limit pandemics. The exact details have yet to be fixed, but Softbank hopes to pick an elementary school with about 1,000 students and give them phones equipped with GPS. The locations of the children will be recorded every minute of the day and stored on a central server. A few students will be chosen to be considered "infected," and their movements over the previous few days will be compared with those of everyone else. The stored GPS data can then be used to determine which children have crossed paths with the infected students and are at risk of having contracted the disease. The families of exposed students will be notified by messages to their mobile phones, instructing them to get checked out by doctors. In a real outbreak, that could limit the rate of new infections. "The number of people infected by such a disease quickly doubles, triples and quadruples as it spreads. If this rate is decreased by even a small amount, it has a big effect in keeping the overall outbreak in check," said Masato Takahashi, who works on infrastructure strategy at Softbank. He demonstrates with a calculation: If an infected person makes about three more people sick per day, and each newly infected person then makes another three people sick, on the 10th day about 60,000 people would catch the disease. If each sick person instead infected two people a day, on the 10th day about 1,000 people would get sick. The experiment was conceived before the current outbreak of swine flu, but has drawn fresh attention now that Japan has the highest number of confirmed cases outside of North America. It is one of 24 trials the government recently approved as part of a program to promote new uses for Japan's Internet and cellular infrastructure. The country boasts some of the most advanced mobile phone technology in the world. It is blanketed in high-speed cellular networks, and phones come standard with features like GPS, TV and touchless train passes. The mobile phone market is largely saturated, however, and fees are being driven down by an ongoing price war. For Softbank, a government-backed health-monitoring service could be boon to business. GPS has its shortcomings, including hazy readings indoors. But Softbank believes it could keep readings accurate to several yards, at least for an experiment in a limited area. Until now, technologies like GPS have mainly been used to help people figure out where they are and what is nearby. As networked devices like the iPhone become more popular, new applications let people track their children or friends, and could give companies and governments access to their location. Aoyama Gakuin University, a prestigious school in Tokyo, is giving Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G to students, partially as a way to check attendance via GPS readings from an application running on the phone. That kind of project raises privacy concerns, and one of the goals of the Japanese experiment is to judge how participants feel about having their location constantly recorded. If a disease-tracking system were launched for real, no one would be required to sign up, said Takuo Imagawa, an official at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

India-Human to human spread reported

Hyderabad/ND, Jun 6: The first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus of swine flu in the country was reported from Hyderabad, raising concerns and pushing up the number of persons af-flicted by the disease to seven today.
The human-to-human transmission took place when a man, who came back from the United States on May 31, infected his youn-ger brother who was living in Hyderabad. Both of them have tested positive for the disease.
One more case was re-ported in Karimnagar locali- ty of Hyderabad. A mother-son duo, who were sitting two rows behind the pas-senger from the United Sta- tes, also reported symptoms of flu.
While the child tested positive, the results of the tests on the mother are yet to come.
Though the severity of the infection cannot be said to be more, human-to-human transmission is a cause of concern as this means that the virus is cir-culating in the environment now, Director of the Indian Council for Medical Res-earch (ICMR) Dr VN Katoch told said.
"There might also be a spurt in the cases of swine flu after September as gene-rally we see an increase in cases of common influenza during this period," he said.
The Centre has taken im-mediate steps and rushed Rapid Action Teams to Hy-derabad to spruce up con- tainment measures.
The total number of posi-tive cases has gone upto seven with the latest cases from Hyderabad.
According to Shivlal, Di-rector of the National Ins- titute of Communicable Di-seases (NICD), who headed a Central team to Hydera-bad, though basic measures have to be taken by the State Government, the Centre has formed two teams to moni-tor the situation in Hyde- rabad and Karimnagar.
The Government has al-ready banned the import of livestock and its products from all countries in wake of the spread of the swine flu.
It has also prohibited im-ports of live poultry, egg and its products, live pigs, pathological material, un-processed feathers from the countries reporting avian influenza.
The World Health Orga-nisation has so far reported 19,273 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 66 countries as on June 3, 2009. The disease has so far claimed 117 lives. Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing at 21 international airports in India. PTI

Vietnam-Cases infected with influenza A/H1N1 increasing

07/06/2009 0:01

Ca influenza A/H1N1 infection was first discharge

Through 6.6 pm, the monitor, recorded by the Department of Health Vietnam, cases infected by influenza A/H1N1 has increased very rapidly.

Up to 6.6 pm, had a total of 10 cases positive for influenza A/H1N1. 9 in which the passengers are from the Vietnam border gate through airport Tan Son Nhat

SNIP

Japan-Medical staff to get new-flu comp

The Yomiuri Shimbun

Medical workers who contract the new type of influenza from patients and who then have to take time off work will be compensated for income lost while they are on sick leave, government officials said.

The medical institution where the worker is employed also will receive compensation.

The compensation will be paid from a 1 trillion yen temporary subsidy for local revitalization and measures for tackling the economic crisis, which has been newly created in the supplementary budget for this fiscal year.

The compensation will be paid from this autumn through local governments who have requested the money from the central government.

As of Saturday, there had been no reports of secondary infection with the new flu among medical workers.

In May, when the number of people in the nation suffering from the virus started rising, local governments began pressing the central government for sick leave compensation in the event of medical workers becoming infected with the new flu and being forced to recuperate at home.

Some argue that the risk of secondary infection among medical workers has increased since May 22, when the government's new policy allowed people suspected of being infected with the new flu to seek treatment not only at fever clinics for treating such people but also at ordinary hospitals and clinics in areas where the number of new flu patients had soared.

The government sees the compensation as part of its regional support measures and examined whether the subsidy could be used for this purpose before reaching its decision. The main purpose of the subsidy is economic measures, but the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry interpreted the compensation for doctors and other medical workers as assuring public safety and security, which is one of the subsidy's purposes.

The government will allow the subsidy to be used for some other new flu related purposes as well, such as salaries for nonresident doctors working at fever clinics and phone line connection fees at fever consultation centers.

Previously, the government granted more flexible uses of the subsidy as anti-new flu measures. For example, it can also be used to pay cancellation fees when a school trip must be called off because of a new flu scare.

(Jun. 7, 2009)

Egypt: The girl infected swine flu released

07/06/2009

أعلن الدكتور عبدالرحمن شاهين المتحدث الرسمي باسم وزارة الصحة عن شفاء الطفلة مريم عصام فوزي «12سنة» المصابة بفيروس إنفلونزا الخنازير «H1N1»، والتي تعد أول إصابة يتم الإعلان عنها في مصر، مشيرا إلي خروجها من مستشفي حميات العباسية في غضون ساعات. Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health on the healing of the girl Mariam Essam Fawzi «12 years» infected with swine flu «H1N1», which is the first case to be announced in Egypt, for getting out of the hospital Abbasiyah fevers within hours. بعد أن أثبتت الفحوصات المعملية التي أجريت لها خلوها تماما من الفيروس. Have shown that laboratory tests carried out with completely free of the virus. وفي سياق متصل، قامت سلطات الحجر الصحي بمطار القاهره باحتجاز 4 حالات للاشتباه في إصابتهم بالمرض، وتم أخذ عينات منهم لتحليلها بالمعامل المركزية بوزارة الصحة للتأكد من خلوهم من المرض. In a related context, the quarantine authorities at Cairo airport detained 4 suspected cases of the disease, samples were taken for analysis labs, including the central Ministry of Health to make sure they are free from disease. من جانبه، أكد الدكتور عبدالرحمن شاهين أنه تم احتجاز الحالات بمستشفي حميات العباسية، كما تم أخذ عينات منهم لتحليلها لافتا إلي انتظار نتائج الفحص المعملي لهم، والحالات خاصة براكب أمريكي يبلغ من العمر 71 عاما، كان قادما من نيويورك علي طائرة مصر للطيران، بالإضافة إلي طفل أوزبكستاني (عمره عامان) وكان قادما من تركيا مع والدته وجدته علي متن الخطوط طيران التركية، مشيرا إلي إن إجمالي حالات الاشتباه وصل إلي 141 حالة تأكدت منها حالة واحدة. For his part, Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin had been detained hospital admitted cases Abbasiyah, and samples were taken for analysis, pointing out to await the results of laboratory testing, and the special cases Brakp U.S. at the age of 71 years, was from New York on the Egypt Air plane, in addition to Uzbek children (aged two) and from Turkey with his mother and grandmother on board a Turkish Airlines flight, adding that the total of suspected cases to the 141 of them confirmed the status of one case. وتابع شاهين أن الخط الساخن تلقي أمس 1906 اتصالات ما بين استفسارات وبلاغات، وبذلك يصل إجمالي الاتصالات منذ أول مايو وحتي أمس إلي 59474 اتصالا، فيما تمت مناظرة 17813 راكباً علي متن 101 طائرة و19 سفينة أمس من القادمين من الدول الموبوءة - بجميع منافذ الحجر الصحي علي مستوي الجمهورية. Shaheen said that the hotline received yesterday a 1906 communications between queries and reports, bringing the total since the first communication of May and until yesterday to contact 59,474, while 17,813 were matched to 101 passengers on board the plane and 19 on the ship coming from affected countries - all outlets quarantine the republic level. ولفت المتحدث الرسمي باسم وزارة الصحة إلي أن عدد من تمت مناظرتهم منذ أول مايو الماضي حتي أمس 567041 شخصاً، مشيرا إلي تدعيم منافذ الحجر الصحي بكاميرات الفحص الحراري. He noted the spokesman of the Ministry of Health that the number of Mnazerthm was the first since last May, 567,041 people as of yesterday, adding outlets to strengthen quarantine inspection cameras warming. يشار إلي أنه تم الأربعاء احتجاز 47 حالة للاشتباه في إصابتهم بمرض إنفلونزا الطيور، وتم أخذ عينات من تلك الحالات لتحليلها والتأكد من إصابتهم أو خلوهم من المرض. It will be recalled that Wednesday was the detention of 47 suspected cases of bird flu patients have been taking samples from those cases for analysis and to ensure free from injury or disease. من جانبه، قال الدكتور حامد سماحة - رئيس الهيئة العامة للخدمات البيطرية بوزارة الزراعة- إنه تقرر تأجيل عمليات التخلص من خنازير حلوان، والتي كان مقرراً البدء فيها اليوم إلي موعد يحدده المحافظ. For his part, Dr. Hamed Samaha - Chairman of the General Authority for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture - it was decided to postpone the disposal of pigs Helwan, which was scheduled to begin today to a date to be determined by the Governor. من جانبه، قال الدكتور سامي طه - عضو مجلس نقابة البيطريين، إنه لا يجب الاهتمام بمكافحة مرض إنفلونزا الخنازير علي حساب مرض إنفلونزا الطيور مشيراً إلي أن مرض إنفلونزا الطيور أكثر خطراً . For his part, Dr. Sami Al-Taha - Member of the Veterinary Association, said that attention must be given to the fight against disease, swine flu at the expense of bird flu, adding that bird flu is more dangerous. وأوضح طه أنه يجب توحيد جهود مكافحة مرضي إنفلونزا الطيور وإنفلونزا الخنازير في لجنة واحدة علي أن يتم توسيع دور الطب البيطري داخل هذه اللجنة. Taha said that the consolidation of efforts to combat bird flu patients and the swine flu in a single committee would be to expand the role of veterinary medicine within this Committee. مضيفاً أن دور كل محافظة في مقاومة مرض إنفلونزا الطيور يقتصر علي مقاومة المرض بداخلها دون وجود أي نوع من التنسيق مع المحافظات الأخري وأشار طه إلي أن الوضع في مصر حالياً بالغ الخطورة في ظل انتشار مرض إنفلونزا الطيور وتهديدات إنفلونزا الخنازير مضيفاً أنه يجب تكثيف الوجود في الحجر الصحي والبيطري لمنع دخول إنفلونزا الخنازير إلي مصر. He said, adding that the role of each province to resist the bird flu disease confined to the resistance inside without any kind of coordination with other departments and Taha pointed out that the situation in Egypt is currently under a very serious outbreak of avian flu and swine flu threat, adding that it must be intensified in the presence of stone Health and vet to prevent the entry of swine flu in Egypt.

Egypt: Detention ‮ ‬ 4 ‮ ‬ Bhmyat of Mahala and negative ‮ ‬ 6 ‮ ‬ of the bird flu

Tanta Atef Dabs ‮: ‬ detained by the Directorate of Health Affairs on children ‮ »‬ 5 ‮ ‬ years ‮« ‬ live Leithi Hashim, the village is dead and a child ‮ »‬ 4 ‮ ‬ years ‮« ‬ residing Bazbp Obodraa two neighborhood area and the first woman ‮ »‬ Year 50 ‮ ‬ ‮ «‬ maintains Bazbp Abu Radi Mehalla and teenagers ‮» ‬ 30 ‮ ‬ years ‮ «‬ residing in Alsentp reserves charged on suspicion of

باصابتهم بانفلونزا الطيور وتم ارسال عينات من دمهم لمعامل وزارة الصحة للتأكد من مرضهم واكد اللواء عبدالحميد الشناوي محافظ الغربية فحص جميع المخالفين للمرضي المحجوزين علي ذمة الاشتباه وعددهم‮ »‬26‮ ‬مواطناً‮« ‬وتم التأكد من عدم اصابتهم بأية أعراض مرضية‮.‬ كما تم اعدام الطيور المنزلية وعددها‮ »‬39‮« ‬طائراً‮ ‬ودفنها وفق الاشتراطات الصحية وأكد الدكتور شريف حمودة وكيل وزارة الصحة سلبية‮ »‬6‮« ‬حالات بحميات طنطا والمحلة كان قد سبق احتجازهم وكشفت نتائج تحاليل عيناتهم عدم اصابتهم بالوباء‮.‬ Bird flu have been sent samples of the blood factor and the Ministry of Health to make sure of their illness, and Major General Abdul Hamid said the governor of West Shanawi screening of all patients in conflict with the detainees in custody on suspicion and the ‮ »‬ 26 ‮ ‬ citizen ‮« ‬ been confirmed not to have any symptoms ‮. ‬ The birds were culled and the home ‮ »‬ 39 ‮« ‬ ‮ ‬ birds and buried in accordance with the requirements of health and Dr. Sharif Hammouda Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, negative ‮ »‬ 6 ‮« ‬ Bhmyat of Tanta and Mahala had already revealed their test results were not hurt by the epidemic Ainathm ‮. ‬

Cluster List - combining two clusters into one

I just realized that Ghamr is in Mansoura. Which would put these two clusters together. [From my suspected cluster list]:

Post #17 May 25
7 cases in centers of Mansoura Wagga
May 28 http://tinyurl.com/l9zmwe
22 cases reported. Hospital: Dakahliya Mansoura
June 1 http://tinyurl.com/m3vm6o
Mansoura Chest Hospital was held yesterday, 30 cases of suspected
-- 12 cases of the Center for Ghamr
-- 5 cases of Sherbin
June 5 http://tinyurl.com/p6y7wl
Dhahi (2) from Mansoura,
Mohamed Hassan, (12) from Mansoura

Nada al-Ahmed Reda Yunes (4) - confirmed #72
Town: Ghamr
Sym onset: 5/9
Adm: 5/18.
Tested on 5/18.
DOD: 5/18
Post #17 May 25
15 cases of Ghamr Center
June 1 http://tinyurl.com/m3vm6o
-- 12 cases of the Center for Ghamr
June 1 http://tinyurl.com/mbysqk
Mr. Mohammed, (9 months) from Ghamr
June 5 http://tinyurl.com/p6y7wl
Hanan Sabir Ibrahim Zahir from Asif Bmit Ghamr,

Egypt: 5 cases of detention of suspected bird flu lake

Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 14:39

D said. Yosri Congratulations, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health the lake, the hospital admitted Damanhour and Alexandria, the detention of 5 cases of suspected bird flu patients after the emergence of the symptoms are similar to the symptoms, from very high temperature, sore throat and difficulty in breathing and pain in the bones.

حيث قامت مستشفى حميات دمنهور باحتجاز ثناء محمود عبد العزيز (32 سنة) مقيمة بإيتاى البارود وسلمى نصر (20 سنة) مقيمة بالمحمودية وأحلام نور الدين (13 سنة ـ طالبة) مقيمة بدمنهور, فيما قامت مستشفى حميات إسكندرية باحتجاز رحمة أحمد محمد (4 سنوات) مقيمة بكفر الدوار ونصرة عبد الوهاب محمد (48 سنة) مقيمة بكفر الدوار، وتم احتجاز الحالات ووضعهم تحت الملاحظة بعد أخذ عينة دم منهم لتحليلها فى المعامل المركزية بالقاهرة لبيان مدى إصابتهم بالمرض.

Where the hospital admitted the detention of praise Damanhour Mahmoud Abdel Aziz (32 years) resident Biitay gunpowder Salma Nasr (20 years) resident of Mahmudiya and dreams of Nur al-Din (13 year student) Bdinmhor resident, in the hospital admitted the detention of the mercy of Alexandria Ahmed Mohamed (4 years) resident, for a rotor kaafirs Abdul Wahab Mohammad (48 years) living in Kafr Dawar, cases have been detained and placed under observation after taking a blood sample for analysis, including the central laboratory in Cairo, with the extent of their disease.

وعلى الفور تم تشكيل لجنة من مديرية الطب الوقائى والإدارة الصحية والطب البيطرى، بمرافقة قوات الأمن, انتقلت لمنازل المصابين لتطهيرها وتطهير المنازل المجاورة وأخذ عينات من الطيور الموجودة بالمنزل لفحصها معملياً.

And were immediately set up a committee from the Directorate of Preventive Medicine and Department of health and veterinary medicine, accompanied by the security forces, moved to the injured, clearing houses and clearing houses nearby and took samples of birds in the home laboratory for examination.