Vietnam Tests A/H5N1 flu vaccine on humans in current outbreak areas #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

These areas have large recent poultry deaths. If it is going to be tested, these are the places to do it. It also smacks of desperation.  Vietnam has a severe bird flu problem this year with indifference by locals selling sick birds and indescriminate disposal of dead birds. There is almost no way to tell you of the seriousness of what is happening there. There are many recent stories of these areas on this site. The stories you read here are but a small sample of what we see..


Vietnam produces H5N1 vaccine 20/02/2012 3:45


Avian influenza spread risk

On 19.2, Professor Nguyen Thi Thu Van, Director of vaccines and biologicals at 1 (Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health) said, A/H5N1 flu vaccine on humans by research company production is at a clinical trial phase 3 with the participation of 1,200 healthy volunteers in Thanh Hoa and Ha Nam. Previously, this vaccine has been tested clinically stage 1 and 2, test results have met rigorous requirements for safety. Immune response rate higher in period 2 (100%), no reaction out of control. H5N1 vaccine is deployed on the research since 2005. Clinical trial results will be the basis for vaccines are licensed for circulation registration, go into mass production. H5N1 influenza virus virulence strong, high mortality rates, with time up to 100%.

On 19.2, the inspection team MARD by Mr. Mai Van Hiep, Deputy Director of Animal Health to lead the group to examine the prevention of avian influenza, livestock at Bac Lieu province. According to the report, bird flu recurrence in the area before Lunar New Year so far.

On 18.1, the first outbreak occurred in household Phan Van Tong (Hamlet 3, Phong Thanh Dong A, H.Gia Rai) with nearly 400 dead ducks infected. By day 18.2, the disease appeared in eight households in six communes, wards of H.Gia Rai, Vinh Loi and TP.Bac Liao Hong Dan, with the number of poultry deaths and destroyed more than 2,200 children.  http://www.thanhnien.com.vn/pages/ket-qua-tim-kiem.aspx?k="nh%e1%ba%adp%20t%e1%bb%ab%20kh%c3%b3a..."

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Bird flu raging in Thanh Hoa

..poultry in the province have not been vaccinated risk of flu should spread out a large width is very large. Currently, Thanh Hoa province announced bird flu in 10 communes and towns of the districts of Trieu Son, Tinh Gia, Nong Cong, Thach Thanh, Dong Son and Bim Son town. In particular, there are 4 communal Nong Cong district, town, commune Son 2 million, the remaining districts each commune where a bird flu..  http://www.baomoi.com/Home/ThoiSu/baotintuc.vn/Cum-gia-cam-hoanh-hanh-o-Thanh-Hoa/7909492.epi

 a search on Than Hoa on this site to remind you..  http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/search?q=Thanh+Hoa

Vietnam Warns bird flu outbreak #H5N1 #Birdflu

08/02/2012

(HNM) - As the weather changes with the carriage trade in livestock and poultry during the Lunar New Year to rise, many localities have not been suitable for vaccine inoculation has made ​​avian influenza (CGC ) flare up again

In January, there were 2 patients in the province of Kien Giang and Soc Trang influenza virus infection and death. In this situation, 7-2 pm, MARD conference discussed measures urgent anti-epidemic.

Avian Influenza Vaccination in Long Bien District (Ha Noi).
Photo: Khanh Nguyen

Department of Animal Health (MARD), said from the beginning of the year, translate CGC broke out in four communes in 3 provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri and Soc Trang with a total of 1683 children infected poultry must be destroyed 4032 children, of which 3610 ducks and 422 chickens. There are four provinces, including Hanoi, Nghe An, Kien Giang, Thai Nguyen and Bac Lieu started the phenomenon of infected poultry, dead. However, DAH no formal epidemiological tests in these localities.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, Deputy Director of Livestock identification, although the current number of bird deaths due to disease not much but there have been 2 deaths from bird flu epidemic in the provinces appear to signal output a new pandemic virus strain highly motivated.

According to Mr Son, there are many causes leading to the outbreak but is mainly due before and after Tet, the trade, movement of poultry on the nationwide surge has created many loopholes in the work quarantine. Weather cold weather lasting damage in the North also facilitate virus CGC development. In particular, after a long time quiet CGC service, many local to neglect, subjective with the ratio of vaccinating poultry vaccination is very low (only about 50%).

Meanwhile, animal health agencies have not yet found an effective vaccine for epidemic virus strain H5N1, clade 2.3.2 so vaccination vaccines used primarily imported from China were no longer effective. The localities are in shortage of vaccines, Soc Trang, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu to 6 million doses of vaccine but only 1 million doses.

Previous situation CGC risk spreading, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has the urgent sending of local requirements to consolidate the steering committee of prevention and CGC, maintains briefings periodically; assigned specific responsibilities for the members in implementing the measures uniform prevention services. The provinces are at risk should be established immediately translate the inspection team urging prevention and supervising the transportation and trade of poultry, enhance safety at the point of epidemic risk such as the duck herding, slaughter poultry areas, markets ...

Pham Van Dong, Deputy Director, Department of Animal Health said, to prevent the spread of the disease, the Department has coordinated with other units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development set up seven groups interdisciplinary inspection to check and the main some local authorities to monitor the outbreak, and to direct the unit members timely sample to find out which vaccines offer appropriate and effective, not to a large scale epidemic . However, immediate measures is, the animal health agencies to coordinate with the local authorities immediately conduct vaccination 1st 2012 CGC for 13 southern provinces.

Currently, there is still a new virus strain CGC no effective vaccine. Therefore, MARD will direct the research of professional agencies to find alternative vaccines to prevent virus and denatured by CGC prevention and effective. However, in the opinion of many participants in the conference, if in case of outbreak back to the new strain, Veterinary Department should expedite the trial production to serve the local prevention services.In addition, Vietnam can order the new vaccines on the injection of foreign countries instead of waiting for test current study.