Thailand urgently to prevent bird flu #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

 2012-01-24

Thai health ministry has instructed the Monitoring Group vigilance and rapid response to bird flu that can arise in this country.

But so far not discovered any one case, the Health Ministry of Thailand are still worried because the disease is spreading in neighboring countries such as Cambodia, Burma and China.


Department has requested more than 1,500 monitoring group and response must closely monitor the situation nationwide epidemics, particularly in areas near the border, and must manage the quality of labor, immigration and cattle importer.

According to official Ministry of Health of Thailand, weather, abnormal changes in many areas in Thailand are also contribute to other diseases can spread, notably including malaria, dengue and tuberculosis lung.  http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/internationalnews/thai-public-health-ministry-on-lookout-for-bird-flu-01242012160631.html

Cambodia -First bird flu victim of year clings to life #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

First bird flu victim of year clings to life

Mom Kunthea with additional reporting by Mary Kozlovski

Monday, 16 January 2012

A two-year-old boy from Banteay Meanchey province is in critical condition after being diagnosed with avian influenza in the Kingdom’s first confirmed case of the virus this year, according to a joint statement from the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation issued on Friday.

The boy, of La Peak village in Preah Netr Preah district’s Chhnuor Meanchey commune, was diagnosed with H5N1 influenza, commonly known as bird flu, on Thursday after falling ill on January 3, the statement read. He was admitted to a Siem Reap hospital on January 9.

According to the statement, the boy is the 19th person in Cambodia to have been diagnosed with the virus, with 12 of the cases manifesting in children under the age of 14.

Eight people died from the virus in Cambodia last year.

Kao Sopheaktra, director of the provincial health department, said yesterday that the diagnosis marked the third case of bird flu in the province.

“[People] have to rush to the health centre or hospital if they suspect that they have bird flu or they have similar symptoms to H5N1,” he said, adding that many chickens had recently died in the commune and residents had eaten them.

Kao Sopheaktra said that officials would continue to monitor the health of the boy’s relatives and other villagers for at least two weeks.
Commune chief Hem Sarith said the boy fell sick two days after eating sick poultry and that poultry in the area were now being tested.

Ly Sovann, deputy director of the communicable disease control department at the Health Ministry, could not be reached for comment, but he told the Post last week that the department had appealed to the public and health officials to be on alert for suspected cases.

The statement said that a “public health education campaign” about the virus was under way in the village.

Philippe Buchy, head of the virology unit at the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh, said that an increase in reported cases last year could be attributed to better awareness of the H5N1 virus, and increased outbreaks in a larger number of provinces. He added that the cause of the outbreaks was unclear.

“Once [the virus] is established in a province then it is very hard to eradicate,” he said. “The more provinces are affected, the more risk for humans to be exposed.”

WHO public health specialist Nima Asgari could not be reached for comment.  http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012011653954/National-news/first-bird-flu-victim-of-year-clings-to-life.html

2-year-old Cambodian H5N1 Positive #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

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PHNOM PENH, January 13 (Xinhua) -- A 2-year-old boy from northwestern Cambodian province of Banteay Meanchey was infected with avian influenza H5N1 virus, Cambodia's Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization announced Friday.

The patient is currently in "critical condition" in Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap province.

The boy became sick on January 3 with fever, cough, runny nose and vomiting, the statement said, adding that he was initially treated by local private practitioners, but his conditions worsened and he was admitted to Angkor Hospital for Children on January 9.
"The diagnosis of the clinical samples on January 12 found that the boy had contact with sick or dead poultry prior to becoming sick," it said.

The boy is the nineteenth person in Cambodia to become infected with the fatal H5N1 virus, and the first such victim this year, said the statement. Of all the nineteen cases, 16 died.

"Avian influenza is still a threat to the health of Cambodians. This is the first case of H5N1 infection in human this year, and children appear to be most vulnerable," the Minister of Health Mam Bunheng said in the statement.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/...t_4951283.html

 

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Destruction of suspected infected ducks. Battambang against avian influenza

Destruction of suspected infected ducks. Battambang against avian influenza

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  2011-11-06 13:34

（ (Cambodia. Battambang) Following the recent destruction of Battambang province, about 4,000 suspected cases of bird flu infected chickens, the provincial authorities once again destroyed on Saturday about 100 suspected infected ducks.

  Shannon County, according to Pakistani province of Battambang town mayor Huang dry as that, since the relevant departments of the county confirmed outbreak of avian flu, the local Veterinary Authority will closely observe the operation started Saturday about 100 ducks suspected domestic infection, so I decided to destroy.

 。 He said that so far, although still not prove that the relevant officials was due to consumption or contact with live poultry infected with bird flu, but authorities are actively counseling to the villagers about the dangers of bird flu and prevention methods to avoid inadvertently infected with the virus.

 Ministry of Agriculture has issued a statement that was included in Battambang province, bird flu high-risk areas, a total ban in the area of ​​poultry sold in the market.

 Statement that "since the 3rd of this month, the Ministry of Agriculture will be in the region within 10 km for 30 days of rigorous research and observation."

  Since 2005, the domestic total of 18 cases of human infection of bird flu, of which 16 were deaths, but since April this year, the domestic total of eight cases of H5N1 avian influenza virus infection, patients were fatal, in which seven patients are children

Cambodia announces bird flu outbreaks in Northwestern part

Also posted today, here

2011-Nov-4
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, or bird flu, has been bursting out in a village in Cambodia's Northwestern part, according to a statement received Friday from the Ministry of Agriculture .

The statement, published on Thursday evening, said the bird flu has occurred in O'Pong Morn village, Ta Kream commune, Ba Nan district, Battambang province, some 291 kilometers Northwestern Cambodia.

Minister of Agriculture Chan Sarun ordered the department of production and veterinary to take veterinary medical measures to contain the outbreaks and to kill all types of poultry in the outbreak area.

"It must be suspension to all trading activities and transports of all types of poultry in the area of 3 kilometers from the diameter of the outbreak point," he said. "The suspension will be in force for at least a month in order to investigate the origin of the bird flu outbreak."

The Bird flu firstly burst out in Cambodia in 2003. So far, 18 persons in Cambodia had infected with the H5N1 virus. Of them, 16 persons were killed, according to the joint statement of the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization.