Friday, August 23, 2013
#H7N7 Italy - EU Approves Measures to Lock Down Infected Areas of Ostellato
August 22, 2013
(ANSA) - Brussels, August 22 - The European Union Commission has approved Italy's decision to create zones of protection and surveillance around the chicken farm in Ostellato, the Northern Italian province of Ferrara, where a strain of H7N7 bird flu has been identified.
(ANSA) - Brussels, August 22 - The European Union Commission has approved Italy's decision to create zones of protection and surveillance around the chicken farm in Ostellato, the Northern Italian province of Ferrara, where a strain of H7N7 bird flu has been identified.
#MERS virus found in Saudi Arabia bat
Excerpt:
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) The deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has been found in an insect-eating bat in Saudi Arabia, researchers from the United States and Saudi Arabia said.
The discovery, described in the journal ‘Emerging Infectious Diseases’, points to a likely animal origin for the disease but an intermediary animal is likely also involved, researchers from the Columbia University, EcoHealth Alliance, and the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia said, Xinhua reported.
The researchers collected more than 1,000 samples from seven bat species in regions where cases of MERS were identified in Bisha, Unaizah, and Riyadh between October 2012 and April 2013.
#MERS #Coronavirus Saudi Arabia MOH Reports 2 New Cases - Asir Region
hat-tip ProMED
Date: Thu 22 Aug 2013
Source: Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health [in Arabic, machine trans., edited]
Within the framework of the epidemiological surveillance of the novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced 2 confirmed cases in Asir region. The 1st case is a 31-year-old Saudi male with chronic illnesses who is currently in the intensive care unit but in stable condition. The 2nd case is a 55-year-old Saudi male, who is a contact of a confirmed case but is asymptomatic. The MOH is also announcing the death of a previously reported case, a 51-year-old Saudi male in Riyadh, who was also suffering from cancer and other chronic illnesses.
http://www.moh.gov.sa/CoronaNew/PressReleases/Pages/mediastatement-2013-08-22-001.aspx
Date: Thu 22 Aug 2013
Source: Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health [in Arabic, machine trans., edited]
Within the framework of the epidemiological surveillance of the novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced 2 confirmed cases in Asir region. The 1st case is a 31-year-old Saudi male with chronic illnesses who is currently in the intensive care unit but in stable condition. The 2nd case is a 55-year-old Saudi male, who is a contact of a confirmed case but is asymptomatic. The MOH is also announcing the death of a previously reported case, a 51-year-old Saudi male in Riyadh, who was also suffering from cancer and other chronic illnesses.
http://www.moh.gov.sa/CoronaNew/PressReleases/Pages/mediastatement-2013-08-22-001.aspx
Thursday, August 22, 2013
#MERS #Coronavirus Saudi Arabia 2 New Cases, 1 Death Previous Reported Case
hat-tip Avian Flu Diary
August 21, 2013
http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CoronaNew/PressReleases/Pages/mediastatement-2013-08-21-001.aspx
August 21, 2013
Within the framework of the epidemiological surveillance of the novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that two confirmed cases of this virus have been recorded in Riyadh. The first infected case is a 50-year- old female citizen with cancer and other chronic diseases. She is currently at the ICU receiving the proper treatment.
As for second case, he is a 70-year-old resident with several chronic diseases. He is currently at the ICU receiving the proper treatment.
Moreover, the Ministry of Health has announced the death of a 54 year-old citizen with chronic diseases; who had been previously announced to be infected with this virus- May Allah have mercy upon him.
Emergence of H7N9 avian flu hints at broader threat
Nature - by Beth Mole
August 21, 2013
The H7N9 influenza virus did not emerge alone. Researchers have traced the evolution of the deadly avian flu currently spreading in China, and have found evidence that it developed in parallel with a similar bird flu, H7N7, which can infect mammals1.
Although there is no evidence that this H7N7 strain will infect humans, the authors of a study published today in Nature1 say that their finding reinforces the idea that H7 avian viruses are constantly mixing and exchanging genetic material — a process known as reassortment — in Asian poultry markets. This raises the threat that H7N7 will reassort and become able to spread to humans.
"H7 is out there in China and not just in the form of this H7N9," says Richard Webby, a co-author of the study and an influenza specialist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
-snip-
Tracking changes
Guan's team sampled wild birds and poultry markets around Shanghai in April, weeks after the H7N9 outbreak began there. The researchers collected throat and intestinal swabs from 1,341 birds, including chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, partridges and quails, plus 1,006 water and faecal samples from bird markets. About 10% of samples tested positive for an influenza virus; of those, 15% were an H7 virus.
When the team sequenced the two viruses’ genomes and compared them to other bird-flu strains, they found H7N9 and H7N7 to be hybrids of wild Eurasian waterfowl strains, such as H7N3 and H11N9. The scientists think that those viruses swapped genes in domestic ducks before spreading to chickens, where they traded genes with a common chicken virus, H9N2. That improved the viruses' ability to spread in chickens, which live in close contact with humans.
So far, the latest H7N7 strain has not infected a human. But Guan and his team found that ferrets could become infected with the virus, suggesting that a spread to humans is possible.
"It really shows that the emergence of these types of viruses can happen at any time," says Camille Lebarbenchon, a viral ecologist at the University of Reunion Island in St Denis, France, who has also studied the evolution of H7N9 using archived viral sequences2.
David Morens, an influenza researcher and senior adviser at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, says that the evolutionary pathway that the viruses followed suggests that more surveillance and better sanitation practices at poultry markets are crucial to monitoring risks to human health.
But Ian Lipkin, an epidemiologist at Columbia University in New York City, says that surveillance is not a foolproof solution. "It’s inevitable that something is going to slip through the cracks."
August 21, 2013
The H7N9 influenza virus did not emerge alone. Researchers have traced the evolution of the deadly avian flu currently spreading in China, and have found evidence that it developed in parallel with a similar bird flu, H7N7, which can infect mammals1.
Although there is no evidence that this H7N7 strain will infect humans, the authors of a study published today in Nature1 say that their finding reinforces the idea that H7 avian viruses are constantly mixing and exchanging genetic material — a process known as reassortment — in Asian poultry markets. This raises the threat that H7N7 will reassort and become able to spread to humans.
"H7 is out there in China and not just in the form of this H7N9," says Richard Webby, a co-author of the study and an influenza specialist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
-snip-
Tracking changes
Guan's team sampled wild birds and poultry markets around Shanghai in April, weeks after the H7N9 outbreak began there. The researchers collected throat and intestinal swabs from 1,341 birds, including chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, partridges and quails, plus 1,006 water and faecal samples from bird markets. About 10% of samples tested positive for an influenza virus; of those, 15% were an H7 virus.
When the team sequenced the two viruses’ genomes and compared them to other bird-flu strains, they found H7N9 and H7N7 to be hybrids of wild Eurasian waterfowl strains, such as H7N3 and H11N9. The scientists think that those viruses swapped genes in domestic ducks before spreading to chickens, where they traded genes with a common chicken virus, H9N2. That improved the viruses' ability to spread in chickens, which live in close contact with humans.
So far, the latest H7N7 strain has not infected a human. But Guan and his team found that ferrets could become infected with the virus, suggesting that a spread to humans is possible.
"It really shows that the emergence of these types of viruses can happen at any time," says Camille Lebarbenchon, a viral ecologist at the University of Reunion Island in St Denis, France, who has also studied the evolution of H7N9 using archived viral sequences2.
David Morens, an influenza researcher and senior adviser at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, says that the evolutionary pathway that the viruses followed suggests that more surveillance and better sanitation practices at poultry markets are crucial to monitoring risks to human health.
But Ian Lipkin, an epidemiologist at Columbia University in New York City, says that surveillance is not a foolproof solution. "It’s inevitable that something is going to slip through the cracks."
- Nature
- doi:10.1038/nature.2013.13584
- http://www.nature.com/news/emergence-of-h7n9-avian-flu-hints-at-broader-threat-1.13584
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
#MERS #Coronavirus Study: MERS Virus Match Seen in Saudi Arabian Bat
August 21, 2013
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
Scientists have found the mysterious MERS virus in a bat in Saudi Arabia.
An international research team said the bat virus is an exact match to the first known human case of Middle East respiratory syndrome. The sample was collected from within a few miles of that patient's home.
The discovery reported Wednesday is considered an important development in the search for the origin of MERS, a deadly respiratory illness that is worrying health officials around the world.
But it's likely that something else — perhaps another animal — is spreading the virus directly to humans, said Dr. Ziad Memish, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of Health and lead author of the report.
Continued: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/study-mers-virus-match-saudi-arabian-bat-20025646#.UhUEMBhclDI.twitter#Coronavirus #MERS France - Coronavirus: the second patient northerner still hospitalized in serious condition
hat-tip @makoto_au_japon
August 21, 2013
The second French patient who had been hit by the coronavirus MERS but no longer carries the virus is still in hospital in Lille in serious condition, officials said Wednesday at the CHR Lille. "He remains hospitalized in intensive care without isolation procedure with a medical condition that is serious," he told AFP a spokesman for the CHR.
For over three months the patient was hospitalized Lille, where he was placed in a first time in quarantine before emerging to mid-July. The patient had been infected in late April when he shared in the Valenciennes hospital room the first patient in France, fell ill after returning from a trip to Dubai. The first patient died on May 28, when he was hospitalized in intensive care in Lille since May 9. Both patients were placed under extracorporeal support to take over their lung function.
http://nord-pas-de-calais.france3.fr/2013/08/21/coronavirus-le-2e-patient-nordiste-toujours-hospitalise-dans-un-etat-serieux-304991.html
August 21, 2013
The second French patient who had been hit by the coronavirus MERS but no longer carries the virus is still in hospital in Lille in serious condition, officials said Wednesday at the CHR Lille. "He remains hospitalized in intensive care without isolation procedure with a medical condition that is serious," he told AFP a spokesman for the CHR.
For over three months the patient was hospitalized Lille, where he was placed in a first time in quarantine before emerging to mid-July. The patient had been infected in late April when he shared in the Valenciennes hospital room the first patient in France, fell ill after returning from a trip to Dubai. The first patient died on May 28, when he was hospitalized in intensive care in Lille since May 9. Both patients were placed under extracorporeal support to take over their lung function.
http://nord-pas-de-calais.france3.fr/2013/08/21/coronavirus-le-2e-patient-nordiste-toujours-hospitalise-dans-un-etat-serieux-304991.html
Authorities say that the second case is responding to treatment - so exactly what is the treatment?
[3rd case? 2nd case? What is the appropriate treatment?]
In English
August 21, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/qatar-reports-third-mers-case-1.1222542
In English
Qatar reports third Mers case
August 21, 2013
Dubai: A 59-year-old Qatari man has been diagnosed with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (Mers-CoV), Qatar’s Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has said.
The case brings to three the number of people affected by the virus in Qatar.
In June, a 49-year-old Qatari man, who was the first to be diagnosed with the virus, died at a London hospital following his admission in September.
SCH said that the second case was responding to treatment and was doing well.
The newly infected man was reported to have felt the symptoms while abroad, but underwent a check-up upon his arrival in Qatar.
He was diagnosed with the disease following tests conducted at the National Influenza Laboratory, the SCH said in a statement reported in the local media on Wednesday.
The council said that the patient was receiving “appropriate” medical treatment and that “he is now in a stable condition”.
Surveillance and monitoring procedures are being strictly followed and prompt measures taken for the infection control of all cases of acute respiratory infections, especially those coming back from abroad, the statement said.
“All samples of suspected Mers-CoV cases are being examined at the National Influenza Laboratory in co-ordination with Hamad Medical Corporation.”
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/qatar-reports-third-mers-case-1.1222542
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
#MERS #Coronavirus: 2 Cases of "Corona" in Saudi Arabia and one in Qatar
August 21, 2013
Translation
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) - witnessed the Gulf region recording three additional cases of the virus, "Corona - Mirs . " he declared Supreme Council of Health in Qatar recording new cases of the virus known as a former Pkorona and currently Pkorona that causes AIDS Middle East respiratory - Mirs - a diagonal patient at the age of 59 years .
Translation
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) - witnessed the Gulf region recording three additional cases of the virus, "Corona - Mirs . " he declared Supreme Council of Health in Qatar recording new cases of the virus known as a former Pkorona and currently Pkorona that causes AIDS Middle East respiratory - Mirs - a diagonal patient at the age of 59 years .
The council said in a press statement that the patient was out of the country and felt symptoms before coming to the state, and upon arrival it was detected and diagnosed with the disease in the National Influenza Laboratory, stressing that "the patient Atqly treatment right now and is in stable condition."
Also read .. Puzzle origin "Mirs" .. bat .. Camel or dates?
For its part, the Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia Tuesday, registered cases of HIV infection in the Riyadh region, bringing the number of those who were injured in the UK with the virus to 76 cases of whom 39 died .
According to the ministry, the المريضتين aged 50 and 59 years old and suffer from multiple chronic diseases, and shall receive the necessary medical care now.
#MERS #Coronavirus Qatar Case List
This list goes back to 2012. One Death, One discharged, recovered, and the most recent, today, stable condition.
Qatar
#1—49(M)—Qatar—9/3/12—6/28/13
#2—45(M)—Doha—10/5/12—Discharged late
Nov. 2012
#3—59—Qatar—Rptd 8/21—Stable Condition
Date Report:
9/22/12
Name: Male (49)
From: Qatar
Notes:
Travelled to Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Onset: 9/3
respiratory sym’s
Adm: 9/11 Guys
& St Thomas’ Hosp-Transferred to UK via air ambulance
Adm: 9/7 ICU,
in Doha, Qatar
Notes:
developed renal failure.
Still hospitalized as of 2/13/13.
Confirmation:
9/21
DOD: 6/28/13
Date Report:
11/23/12
Name: Male (45)
From: Doha, Qatar
Onset: 10/05
Adm: Qatar,
transferred to Germany on 10/24
Sym’s @ Adm in Germany: Sev. Resp. Dis. Syn. & renal
failure.
Confirmation: November
20, 2012. made from Samples sent
from Qatar
Currently discharged late November, recovering. No epidemiological link to previous
cases.
Notes: WHO
provided info. Alive. Owned a camel and goat farm. Goats were will with fevers before man
became ill. He had no direct
contact with the goats but had eaten goat meat. His caretaker was hospitalized with severe cough and he had
contact with the caretaker.
Date of Report:
8/21/13
Name: 59
From: Qatar
Adm: Stable
Condition
Note: Traveled
outside of Country. Detected upon
admission to Qatar.
#MERS #Coronavirus Qatar - Announces New Injury of Corona
August 21, 2013
Translation
The Supreme Council of Health in Qatar recording new cases of HIV Corona "that causes AIDS Middle East respiratory" to a patient diagonal at the age of 59 years.
Translation
The Supreme Council of Health in Qatar recording new cases of HIV Corona "that causes AIDS Middle East respiratory" to a patient diagonal at the age of 59 years.
#MERS #Coronavirus Doha Qatar - "Top of health," announces the cases of "Corona"
Translation:
August 20, 2013
The Supreme Council of Health registered new cases of Corona virus that causes
respiratory syndrome Middle East for a patient diagonal at the age of 59 years.
The Council in a press statement today, Tuesday, that the patient was out of the country and felt symptoms before coming to the state, and upon arrival were detected upon diagnosis of the disease in the National Laboratory for avian influenza, asserting that "the patient Atqly appropriate treatment currently is in stable condition."
The statement emphasized the continued tightening of surveillance and monitoring procedures and infection control for all cases of acute respiratory infections, especially for those coming from the travel, pointing out that all the samples are examined at the National Influenza Laboratory in coordination with the Hamad MedicalCorporation .
The Supreme Council is keen to inform the health of citizens and residents to new information or health and epidemiology of infectious diseases and provide them with the latest developments and to provide appropriate support when needed.
The Council has recently launched an electronic page awareness about HIV Corona, through his website, a hotline devoted to inquire about the virus or any other infectious disease around the clock at (66,740,948).
http://www.al-sharq.com//Detail/news/64/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/297352/-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A9--%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%80-%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7-
H7 Avian Influenza Ostellato Italy Poultry, killing 128,000 chickens
August 15, 2013
| Avian Influenza. An isolated farm in Ostellato (Ferrara). Via the killing of 128 thousand chickens | ||
| Begin today killing operations in the rearing of laying hens where it was detected the presence of the virus with a highly virulent strain of H7. The Region has issued an order for extraordinary measures to contain the infection. | ||
| August 15 - Back to the avian and hits with the usual virulence. This
time it happened to a herd of Osterley in the province of Ferrara,
where he was found a particularly virulent strain of the virus among the
128 thousand hens present. The analyzes were carried out by the National Centre of Reference of Padua. The company was immediately isolated and have already been prepared by the ASL of Ferrara and the Veterinary Services of the Emilia Romagna killing operations, which will start today. It 'was then emanataun'ordinanza regional for the implementation of extraordinary measures required by the relevant national and European health for containment of infection, the monitoring of farms and for the protection of public health. Coordination of efforts is in the hands of the Councillor for Health Policies Carlo Lusenti, Councillor for Agriculture Tiberio Rabboni and vice president of the Salt Simonetta. Among the measures set out in the order for the establishment of protection zones and surveillance of the affected area, a census of all the companies and the animals, and serological samples by veterinarians, special audits of the whole region and suspension of fairs and markets of vulnerable species of animals. | ||
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Kemenag: Jamaah Haji Harus Waspada #MERS #Coronavirus
20 Agustus 2013
JAKARTA, SATUHARAPAN.COM – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) menurut data WHO (Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia), per 14 Juni 2013, telah menjangkiti 61 orang dan 34 di antaranya meninggal dunia (Case Fatality Rate 57%). Kasus tersebut merupakan hasil konfirmasi laboratorium-laboratorium delapan negara, yaitu: Uni Emirat Arab, Yordania, Qatar, Inggris, Prancis, Jerman, Tunisia, dan Italia.
Semua kasus yang diidentifikasi sejauh ini memiliki hubungan langsung maupun tidak langsung dengan Timur Tengah. Namun, beberapa kasus baru-baru ini, orang yang sehabis bepergian dari Timur Tengah telah memberi dampak pada tempat tinggalnya. Yaitu, adanya penularan berkelanjutan ke kontak dekat. Sejauh ini, penularan dari manusia ke manusia telah terjadi: dalam rumah tangga, lingkungan kerja, atau pusat layanan kesehatan. Namun, cara penularannya masih belum diketahui.
Continued: http://satuharapan.com/content/read/kemenag-jamaah-haji-harus-lebih-menjaga-kesehatan/
JAKARTA, SATUHARAPAN.COM – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) menurut data WHO (Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia), per 14 Juni 2013, telah menjangkiti 61 orang dan 34 di antaranya meninggal dunia (Case Fatality Rate 57%). Kasus tersebut merupakan hasil konfirmasi laboratorium-laboratorium delapan negara, yaitu: Uni Emirat Arab, Yordania, Qatar, Inggris, Prancis, Jerman, Tunisia, dan Italia.
Semua kasus yang diidentifikasi sejauh ini memiliki hubungan langsung maupun tidak langsung dengan Timur Tengah. Namun, beberapa kasus baru-baru ini, orang yang sehabis bepergian dari Timur Tengah telah memberi dampak pada tempat tinggalnya. Yaitu, adanya penularan berkelanjutan ke kontak dekat. Sejauh ini, penularan dari manusia ke manusia telah terjadi: dalam rumah tangga, lingkungan kerja, atau pusat layanan kesehatan. Namun, cara penularannya masih belum diketahui.
Continued: http://satuharapan.com/content/read/kemenag-jamaah-haji-harus-lebih-menjaga-kesehatan/
Monday, August 19, 2013
#MERS #Coronavirus Saudi Arabia Doctor Speaks of Extracting Antibodies of Coronavirus in Camels to Use in Human Infections
August 19, 2013
Head of the Veterinary Medical Association, professor of immunology at the University of King Faisal, that the virus "Corona" is widespread among poultry for more than 40 years and the virus is transmitted to humans because it is for animals only.
According to Dr. Ahmed Alluyemi, the recent studies confirm the presence of antibodies to the virus, "Corona" in the bodies of camels, pointing out that it can extract these antibodies benefit including Kmsal in the treatment of infected humans.
He said that one of the medical centers of the Ministry of National Guard has injected antibodies soldiers to poisonous snakes prophylaxis them if exposed to the bites, and in reference to the possibility of producing antibodies used Komassal to prevention of human diseases.
#MERS #Coronavirus Saudi Arabia MOH: 2 New Cases in Riyadh Region Infected
Translation:
8/18/13
A continuation of the follow-up and the work of Investigation epidemiological carried out by the Ministry of Health's disease virus Corona new strain of AIDS Middle East respiratory, the ministry announced for the registration of cases of HIV infection to Moatntin in the Riyadh region, the first at the age of 50 years and suffer chronic diseases and are currently receiving medical care in the intensive care unit, and the second at the age of 59 years and also suffer from multiple chronic diseases and continues to receive medical care in intensive care, Chwehma the God and Aavihama.
8/18/13
A continuation of the follow-up and the work of Investigation epidemiological carried out by the Ministry of Health's disease virus Corona new strain of AIDS Middle East respiratory, the ministry announced for the registration of cases of HIV infection to Moatntin in the Riyadh region, the first at the age of 50 years and suffer chronic diseases and are currently receiving medical care in the intensive care unit, and the second at the age of 59 years and also suffer from multiple chronic diseases and continues to receive medical care in intensive care, Chwehma the God and Aavihama.
#H5N1 Cambodian boy dies from bird flu: WHO
Reported here and here
The 9 year old prevously reported on that died, was in stable condition.
From one of the articles, previously posted here at the blog:
August 19, 2013
Excerpt:
-snip-
The 9 year old prevously reported on that died, was in stable condition.
From one of the articles, previously posted here at the blog:
nine-year-old boy from the Damnak Dangkor Village in the Battambang province. The boy carried dead and sick chickens and ducks from a cage for food preparation before becoming sick. He developed fever, vomiting, abdominal pain and dyspnea, and is now in stable condition after hospitalization and treatment with Tamiflu.He passed away, and he would be the 10th fatality out of 16 reported in 2013. The 15th case this year, is a 5 yo girl, and she is in critical condition.
August 19, 2013
Excerpt:
PHNOM PENH (AFP) – A nine-year-old boy has died from bird flu in Cambodia, the 10th victim this year, the World Health Organisation said Monday, warning that the kingdom's deadliest outbreak of the virus could continue.
The boy, from the northwestern province of Battambang, died in a children's hospital in the nearby tourist hub of Siem Reap on Sunday night after falling ill last month, the WHO in Cambodia said in a statement.
-snip-
"We at WHO are concerned. The H5N1 virus is still circulating in the country," Krishnan told AFP.
"One probable reason for its spread is through the unregulated, informal, movement of poultry from village-to-village by poultry transporters on motorbikes," he added.
Korean worker in Saudi Arabia tests negative for #MERS
August 19, 2013
The body of a Korean man suspected to have died from a new coronavirus in Saudi Arabia on Aug. 11 has tested negative for the deadly virus, health authorities here said Monday.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control said it received notification from a center in the Middle Eastern country that collaborates with the World Health Organization that the man did not carry the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
The 53-year-old man, who worked at an aluminum factory construction site, died shortly after showing symptoms similar to MERS. Based on the test results, the KCDC will suspend quarantine procedures imposed on Korean workers returning from Saudi Arabia, officials added.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130819000570
The body of a Korean man suspected to have died from a new coronavirus in Saudi Arabia on Aug. 11 has tested negative for the deadly virus, health authorities here said Monday.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control said it received notification from a center in the Middle Eastern country that collaborates with the World Health Organization that the man did not carry the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
The 53-year-old man, who worked at an aluminum factory construction site, died shortly after showing symptoms similar to MERS. Based on the test results, the KCDC will suspend quarantine procedures imposed on Korean workers returning from Saudi Arabia, officials added.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130819000570
#MERS #Coronavirus Saudi Arabia - 2 New Cses
August 19, 2013
Ministry of Health announced for the registration of cases infected with "Corona" to Moatntin in the Riyadh region.
The ministry pointed out that one of the Moatntin at the age of 50 years, and suffer from chronic diseases and are currently receiving medical care in intensive care, while a second 59-year-old and also suffer from multiple chronic diseases and continues to receive medical care in intensive care, Chwehma the God and Aavihama.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Can a usable H7N9 vaccine be made? Research should offer clues soon
Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press
Published Sunday, August 18, 2013
Published Sunday, August 18, 2013
TORONTO -- Can a usable vaccine against the H7N9 bird flu virus be
made? Studies that are about to start should offer clues soon, says the
director of the U.S. government program spearheading the work.
Four flu vaccine manufacturers have started or will soon start clinical trials on H7N9 vaccines, with four more expected to conduct trials in the late fall or early winter, says Dr. Robin Robinson. The work will cost the U.S. government about $100 million.
GSK, which holds the major portion of Canada's pandemic vaccine contract, is one of the manufacturers working on the project. It is making H7N9 vaccine at its plant in Ste-Foy, Que., but will conduct its clinical trial in the United States.
Four flu vaccine manufacturers have started or will soon start clinical trials on H7N9 vaccines, with four more expected to conduct trials in the late fall or early winter, says Dr. Robin Robinson. The work will cost the U.S. government about $100 million.
GSK, which holds the major portion of Canada's pandemic vaccine contract, is one of the manufacturers working on the project. It is making H7N9 vaccine at its plant in Ste-Foy, Que., but will conduct its clinical trial in the United States.
Nepal: Poultry farmers protest government’s move to cull fowls and poultry products
BANEPA: Poultry entrepreneurs in Kavre district today staged a protest demonstration, demanding protection of their business.
They also submitted a five-point memorandum to Chief District Officer Durga Prasad Bhandari, seeking proper compensation to poultry farmers who suffered a huge loss following to an outbreak of bird flu.
They have demanded that the government resume supply of healthy chickens kept in the district-based farms after going through necessary checks. Poultry Farmers’ Association Kavre Chairman Bhojraj Dahal expressed concerns over possible ruin of their business.
According to the District Livestock Service Office Kavre, around Rs. two billion has been invested in poultry business in the district.
Around 60 poultry farms in the district are registered whereas the number of unregistered is around 100 giving employment to some 5,000 people in the sector.
Bird flu in 4 Lalitpur farms
KATHMANDU, AUG 18 -
Bird flu was confirmed in four poultry farms in Bhaisepati, Lalitpur, on Saturday.
Following the discovery of the bird flu virus, a team from the Avian Influenza Technical Coordination Committee slaughtered chickens and fowls on the poultry farms owned by Mamta Thapa, Arun Thapa, Ishwar Thapa and Prakash Thapa.
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India Bird flu alert: Delhi-NCR on watch after major outbreak in Chhattisgarh, Bihar
August 18, 2013
The Central government has informed all states, including Delhi, to conduct regular surveillance of poultry farms after outbreaks of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, in Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
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