In the first case of bird flu to the driver in Shenzhen #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

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In the first case of bird flu to the driver in Shenzhen
2012-01-01 10:55:39

According to Hong Kong media reports, the infection of H5N1 avian influenza in Shenzhen, bus drivers, until yesterday afternoon due to multiple organ failure and died. Although the Administration that the virus may come from the wetland for migratory birds, also known as the dead one month before the disease had not have direct contact with live poultry,
but friends said the deceased, the deceased had slaughtered chickens cooking, reporter yesterday visited the deceased lived in rural , also found that the village chicken four to go, there is an infectious disease specialist concluded that the dead from bird flu infected chickens may be large.
FHB has not decided to stop transmission of live chickens

For some people because of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza infection in the death, the Shenzhen Municipal Government will hold an emergency meeting to discuss, but only yesterday destroyed the home in the dead chicken inside radius of tens of meters, and no large-scale disinfection. Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau said that it will closely monitor the situation, Guangdong Province, registered farms, later decided to further postpone the need to restore the Admission of Mainland live chickens.

Deceased Chen (39), live in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, democratic Shek Wai Street, about 1 km away from home, there is a sea area of ​​173 hectares of wetland garden. It is reported that Chen on December 21 after the fever was admitted to hospital with severe pneumonia in their troubles, transferred to the intensive care unit. Guangdong Provincial Health Department announced yesterday, Chen diagnosed with the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus means poison strong, Chen released the same afternoon because of multiple organ failure and death.
Shenzhen authorities said Chen had close contact with 120 people, including his wife and family all without symptoms, and believe that Chen's death or on migratory birds. Guangdong Province, He Jianfeng, director of Communicable Disease Prevention, said suspected cases of Chen and the birds, because of his morning exercise in patients with near residential areas and migratory routes have more recently also the migratory peak. Human infection with avian influenza in Shenzhen City, the team leader Zhou Boping stressed that Chen is not a month before the illness have direct contact with birds suspected he had contact with poultry droppings, or fecal contamination of water and by infected.

But Chen's friends then had contact with live chickens to prove Chenmou Sheng, Chen's friend and colleague Leimou said Chen did not go to sea Tianyuan Chen practice habits, Chen diverted to the new bus routes after a few months ago, and no direct driving bus to and from the sea garden. Leimou said Chen's village some villagers live chickens, dead long ago Chen was slaughtered chicken to cook more food to everyone.
Correspondent to the Shek Wai Street yesterday afternoon and found that there are many places to go to the chicken, chicken manure and chicken feathers, but no large-scale disinfection or clean government officials, Chen is no one home, learned that his wife and son had been picked up by isolated observation, the body will be cremated material. Some villagers said, the fear of markets chicken with hormones or unhealthy, the village's own chickens is very common, there are dozens of villagers, and even raise chickens, but that is not afraid of bird flu.

Local destruction of tens of meters range chickens

Villagers said the health personnel had to come at noon yesterday and seized some of the chicken disinfection tests, the destruction of tens of meters Chen family within a radius of about chicken, but chicken is no destruction of the remaining sales, during which small quantities of chickens from escape the hands of health workers, soon to be caught and the villagers.
Hong Kong University infection and infectious disease center director, and Dr. Ho Pak-leung Lo Wing-lok are that people from contact with poultry infected with avian influenza risk, compared with a high infection from migratory birds, chickens are slaughtered workers have called the ultra-high-risk activity, because when chickens spills of blood or internal organs, may have a large number of viruses, he estimated that the dead chicken from a chicken or a higher risk of disease, it is recommended to consider the destruction of the mainland government deceased apartment within a radius of 2.5 km chicken, to prevent the spread of the virus.http://stock1.cf8.com.cn/news/20120101/325866.shtml

Madzorera denies bird flu death

Madzorera denies bird flu death

Saturday, 31 December 2011 18:26

BY NQABA MATSHAZI MYSTERY surrounds the cause of death of MDC-T legislator, Gladys Gombami. News reports said she had died of avian influenza or bird flu but health expects deny there any cases of the disease in the country. Health and Child Welfare Minister Henry Madzorera said the government had not raised any alerts of an outbreak of the disease as they had not received reports of a possible epidemic. “The Epidemics and Disease Control centre has not informed me about any outbreak, but they are closed and we can only know that after the holidays,” he said. Madzorera said he could not comment further as he had not received any news of an outbreak. Officials from the health ministry also revealed that there were no known cases of the virus in Zimbabwe or in the region. They said it was highly unlikely that there could have been an outbreak in the country. The only recently recorded cases, the officials said, were reported in Hong Kong and a spread to Zimbabwe at this stage was highly improbable...http://www.thestandard.co.zw/local/3...flu-death.html

China Driver walked around the neighborhood chickens #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

..When he wasnt driving people to and from the Airport
The dead walk around the neighborhood chicken

  WASHINGTON avian flu in Shenzhen Bao'an District residents Chen Fayu living in a flat on the second floor of a building, reporters yesterday to understand the situation of the unit, but no door, from the windows looking into the unit, see the unit environment not very tidy, debris misplacing.  Chen Fayu how families living in the vicinity are a dozen free-range chickens, with household farming more reclaimed, and admitted several times to see the birds leave droppings in the field. Environment near the poor neighborhood refers to the bird flu incident, the district government had immediately sent into the village clean, but also for the village chicken vaccination injections, but some residents that the authorities did not clearly explain the circumstances surrounding the incident, only to remind them to be careful .

 

 。 Chen Fayu neighbors kept chickens walking around. 

  Driving a bus from the airport

  According to deceased friends and neighbors said the manhole, Chen Fayu earlier now living in the vicinity of the unit housing estates in recent months, his wife returned home, he spent several million yuan renovated old house, just two months ago, Chen and his wife moved first site, neighbors describe Chen Fayu "fertilizer Die", helpful, if a friend will aid cash flow problems.
  Neighbors but also someone who had worked at sea garden Huanggang line 338 line bus driver, four thousand yuan a month, two months ago to change driving M351 line, the two companies a day by the Western Station near the airport, that Shenzhen Airport, for yesterday suddenly received the news of his death was very puzzled.
  Another friend claimed that the deceased, the deceased loved to play basketball and dance nunchuck, but neglect in recent years, sport has become extremely obese, weighing over two hundred pounds, in poor health and his eyes blackened, but still eat too much, cook meals at home often kill a chicken, or even playing cards all night, lack of sleep is also frequently appear.
  It is reported that his wife died of bird flu found it difficult to accept for her husband and surprise, that she and friends together with her husband often eat chicken, but no symptoms appear, do not believe that eating chicken with related, but the bus driver that her husband worked, often including people contacts, including the different types of passengers, may therefore be infectious disease.   http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20120101/00176_004.html&usg=ALkJrhj08o1lcZfJGHPNe0aKKYWeyrw4uA

Hong Kong Guangdong emergency lax the bird kill #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Hong Kong Guangdong emergency lax the bird kill
Health department staff work yesterday afternoon heavily armed in the western Chen Fayu disinfection station bus company.

 

 

  Last year, the first confirmed avian influenza H5N1 in the thirty-year-old Mainland man Chenfa Yu, yesterday by the Shenzhen Bao'an District People's Hospital in conjunction with provincial experts repeated after the rescue, died yesterday afternoon moment Sasan points, Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, disease control center, someone who does not leave one month before the onset have been isolated three patients had the same room with Chen, the other to monitor one hundred and twenty had contact with his relatives and health care.

。 Guangdong Province, fully informed of the incident after the vaccination, looking right close to Hong Kong is still no reason wild birds everywhere.  To early this morning, before announcing the suspension of the Shenzhen authorities arising from either region imports poultry meat and eggs.

Shenzhen Third People's Hospital Zhou Boping reported cases of avian flu, said Chen Fayu thirty minutes yesterday eleven o'clock the disease continued to increase, heart, lung, liver failure, loss, alienation and severe lung fiber was shock, by the Guangdong Provincial pm clinical, prevention and control expert group is still valid after repeated rescue dead.  Chen Zhou refers to as the virus cause multiple organ failure, ultimately leading to death.

  Deputy Director of Shenzhen CDC Mahan Wu pointed out that the day before yesterday by the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control laboratory, the sample of Chen confirmed H5N1 avian influenza were positive, since ○ Shenzhen City, the second confirmed cases in six years, China has been submitted to the Ministry of Health.

    Deceased Chen Fayu lifetime photos. 

 120 people have contacted monitoring

。 Ma continued means, as Mr hospitalization, he did not confirm what the disease, health care was not to strengthen protective measures, the day before yesterday after diagnosis, has one hundred and twenty real-time monitoring of health care staff, the deceased friends and colleagues, not yet strange revealed close contacts did not need further hospital treatment. 。 As Chen from the onset to death a short time, to verify whether the deceased was still "Sea Garden" morning walk around the house.

  Chen Fayu avian flu, the infection causes different opinions, friends, accusing the deceased in the market to buy infected chicken gizzards before cooking, so doubt ill.  The deceased, said another friend named Ray Chen last month, 21 have a sense of physical discomfort, but it was still work to the hospital the next day after injection did not stay in hospital, 24-night cough and fever Chen had symptoms. 。 To 25 am, Chen was to stay Bao'an District People's Hospital, Ju material condition suddenly deteriorated at noon on Boxing Day, the disease like SARS.

Colleagues on the spot excited the deceased crying.   Left for the Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen City, right Mahan Wu, deputy director for the CDC. （王明榮攝） (Wang Mingrong photo)

  The deceased was a public bus drivers

Origin of the deceased Chenfa Yu Chengdu, Sichuan, bus company serving western part of Shenzhen bus driver five years, his father has been dead, mother, brother, wife and 15-year-old son went to the hospital yesterday afternoon across numerous monitors see Chan alive one last time, everyone looked sad Some families even faint cry to Jiyu Chen fellow colleagues and also went to the hospital in Sichuan, but many refused to wards the door.

。 As the confirmed cases resulted in death, serious condition, Health Department of Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City, has started under the emergency plan, implement control measures, even in the Province issued an urgent notice yesterday afternoon, asked the province to increase surveillance efforts throughout, bird flu prevention and control work to do.

  The dead bus company serving the western part of Shenzhen also see enhanced cleaning yesterday, a large number of wear full protective clothing boarded the bus clean, and prevent outsiders close.  The company spokesman, said yesterday, has been spent for the team to strengthen disinfection cleaning.

  Group of correspondents reporting from Shenzhen sides

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From fever to death 11 days, hospital 7 days #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Shenzhen man died of bird flu patients (Figure) My Sohu
At 04:05 on January 1st, 2012

Severe respiratory failure and multiple organ failure and migratory birds infected with the suspected
39-year-old professional bus drivers, to live the democratic village, Baoan manhole. Caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza virus caused severe respiratory failure and multiple organ failure, has been developing the disease, because they can not control the disease died.
From fever to death 11 days, hospital 7 days
Yesterday confirmed human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza
Wetland birds more often to the morning walkers
Yesterday afternoon, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department confirmed that the bus driver surnamed Bao manhole has been confirmed infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, and was killed yesterday 13:33. This is the first report in 2011 China's human bird flu cases, also in Guangdong since 2006, first reported human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases diagnosed since the fourth patient. Yesterday afternoon, the Provincial Health Department issued a "strengthen bird flu prevention and control of emergency" which called for increased surveillance around the efforts to make bird flu prevention and control preparations.
The whole process of disease
December 21, 2011    had no incentive to fever, self-medication and outpatient emergency treatment did not improve.
December 25, 2011     Check Bao'an District People's Hospital, appeared in respiratory failure, heart, kidney and other organ failure, shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation.
December 26, 2011    the development of "severe pneumonia", transferred to the intensive care unit treatment.
December 30, 2011     Guangdong Expert Group on the diagnosis of suspected human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza infection.
December 31, 2011     bird flu prevention and control of the Ministry of Health expert group to determine the cases of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.
11 am, Guangdong human avian influenza medical care members of the Group, Shenzhen City, the medical treatment of human avian influenza team leader Zhou Boping said in an interview with reporters, the patient's condition is very critical, life-threatening at any time. It is reported that the day the patient's condition continued to increase, heart, lung, liver damage increase, increased shock, pulmonary fibrosis, effusion increased.
At 13:33 on December 31, 2011, the patient's condition rapidly worsened after she died.
Source of infection: more dead birds Morning Park
Reporters learned from the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control, surnamed Chen last December 21 fever after five days and then rest at home because of a sprained foot. "Chen's wife during the day, Mr. Chen alone at home." Guangdong Provincial Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Jianfeng, director, said Chen's wife said he usually does not eat birds, the last month has not eaten poultry at home geese and other birds. Mahan Wu, deputy director of Shenzhen CDC, told reporters the month before the onset of patients with no history of exposure to poultry, there is no history to go out.How he was infected with bird flu virus it? It is reported that patients living in the village democracy Baoan manhole, manhole sea idyllic lake and wetland area is the habitat of wild birds, patients usually have the habit of morning exercise in the vicinity.
Jianfeng said that the park more migratory birds, disease control experts suspect that he was a high degree of contact with infected birds droppings. Zhoubo Ping told reporters, often think it would be a clear source of infection of avian influenza virus is direct contact with patients birds and their excrement, "but there are some source of infection is not clear, for example, first appeared in 2006 in Shenzhen bird flu patients no contact with poultry before the onset of, and has yet to find the source of infection. "
But Zhoubo Ping also said that in theory there are bird droppings evaporate into the air to be inhaled and drinking water contaminated bird droppings possibility of infection, but the likelihood is minimal, and the patient's home near the wetland did not find the death of infected a bird.It is not to determine the patient's condition and the Hong Kong outbreak of migratory birds. According Jianfeng introduction, there are two migratory routes through Guangdong, one from Shantou to Shenzhen, Shanwei, the other is from Jiangxi Province to Guangzhou via Nanxiong, and New Year's Day is around the peak of wild bird migration.
Close contacts: 120 people under observation showed no abnormality
The Shenzhen CDC laboratory testing of patient samples positive for the H5N1 virus results, Bao'an District, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Hospital Epidemiology immediately investigate, and ultimately recognized the 120 close contacts, including in the absence of any protective admissions of patients under the health care measures, the patient's family and close contact with co-workers.
Mahan Wu introduced, all close contacts are currently under medical observation or home observation, as usual, no one appears the same symptoms with the patient, not isolation, "CDC will be followed a day, the body will not be segregation arrangements to the designated location. "
Patients as a bus driver, and a large number of passengers per day in the car with a dense public transport, passenger count is the close contact it? Mahan Wu explained that bus passengers are not classified as close contacts, just follow the usual approach to the prevention of influenza, there is not a doctor immediately.
Disease control experts: Avian influenza is not transmitted person to person
"So far, the world's people infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza fatality rate as high as 53%." Guangdong Provincial Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Jianfeng, director, said Guangdong had previously in 2006, respectively (Guangzhou, Shenzhen in 1 case), 2008 (Shanwei 1 case) reports human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases, in addition to Shenzhen patients, other patients died.
Jianfeng said, according to WHO's research report, currently the world in hundreds of cases of human infection are sporadic cases of avian influenza virus source of both birds. "There is no definite evidence of human-human transmission of avian influenza viruses have the ability, the public need not panic."http://roll.sohu.com/20120101/n330933583.shtml

658 farms in Khulna on bird flu alert

Staff Correspondent, Khulna

Six hundred and fifty-eight poultry farms in nine upazilas of Khulna district and in the city have been asked to remain on high alert against outbreak of bird flu.

Khulna District Livestock Officer Dr Md Nizamuddin said he has asked all poultry farm owners on Wednesday to take precautionary measures against spread of bird flu.

At least 2,000 poultry birds infected with the disease had to be culled in last 12 days in Rupsha upazila of the district and Baniakhamar area of the city.

Apart from daily monitoring, we are holding regular meetings at the upazila level to create awareness among the farm owners and the people on how to take preventive measures against bird flu , he said.
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Died of bird flu in Shenzhen 120 close contacts have no abnormal #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Died of bird flu in Shenzhen 120 close contacts have no abnormalat 02:36 on January 1, 2012

Yesterday, members of the village farmers market chickens Guangzhou normal sales. Express reporter Cao Hongmei / photo

Migratory birds infected with the suspect, the Ministry of Health confirmed its first cases in 2011


Infection have been confirmed dead yesterday afternoon ill

Provincial Health Department briefing yesterday, December 30, 2011 report of suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza in Shenzhen bus driver Mr. Chen, the disease continued to increase yesterday, at 1 pm after she died.

According to the briefing yesterday, the Ministry of Health has organized a group of experts on bird flu prevention and control found in Shenzhen province of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza suspected cases Chen for consultation. According to the World Health Organization of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and China's diagnostic criteria, combined with the cases of clinical manifestations, laboratory results and epidemiological investigations, bird flu prevention and control of the Ministry of Health expert group to determine the cases of human infection highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.

Express reporter was informed, and this is the first report last year, people infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases, only one death cases.

The source of infection in patients with bird droppings or
It is involved in consultation and investigation of Guangdong Province, director of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, He Jianfeng, due to the experts to participate in consultation, the patient is Mr. Chen has been on a breathing machine, in a coma and therefore can not know whether he is directly from the mouth and poultry birds have a history of exposure. However, according to his wife introduced Mr. Chen has never eat meat, chickens, ducks, dining at night this month when none of eating poultry, mainly to eat pork.
Treatment of human avian influenza in Shenzhen City, where the team leader, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital Zhoubo Ping also said that there is indeed some cases of bird flu reported in the concrete can not find the source of infection. In his view, bird droppings may be the source of infection in the patient. Because the expert group found that Mr. Chen, who lives in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, pastoral scenic sea. The scenic lake and wetland habitat for wild birds, Chen usually have morning exercise habits, the incidence of bird flu time high season is consistent, so patients do not rule out the possibility of contacts with sick birds.
120 close contacts are not unusual
It is understood that the avian flu has spread only after the onset of sex. And He is before the onset of a sprained foot to rest at home, in close contact with his wife and only after the onset of the doctors involved in treatment and came to visit colleagues, friends, a total of 120 people. Current disease control departments have populations of these different forms of monitoring, no abnormal symptoms. The patients have all been driving buses for hand disinfection.
Yesterday afternoon, the Provincial Health Department issued a "strengthen bird flu prevention and control of emergency" which called for increased surveillance around the efforts to make bird flu prevention and control preparations. Reporters learned that the province has four surveillance system from different angles, including monitoring systems unexplained pneumonia, influenza surveillance system, bird flu monitoring system, a large surveillance system. Once an outbreak, will be announced as early as possible, to minimize losses.

● 12 20, found a sample of chicken carcasses with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.

● 12 21, destroyed more than 17,000 live poultry, to suspend supply of live chickens 21.

● 12 23, Hong Kong SAR Government Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said today in Hong Kong found the body of an Oriental Magpie Robin tests by the number of confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of H5N1 tested positive.

● 12 21, patients with no obvious incentive fever.

● 12 25, Baoan, Shenzhen City manhole into the People's Hospital for treatment.

● 12 26, with "severe pneumonia" diagnosis transferred to the intensive care unit treatment.
● 12 30, the provincial health department diagnosis of the suspected human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases in critical condition.

● 12 31, the Ministry of Health diagnose human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases, patients died at 1 pm the same day.


Impression that patients

Usually good health recently dyed alcohol

Express News from Sichuan Deyang bus driver Chen Fayu at the age of 39 years, only three years of struggle in Shenzhen, it unfortunately infected with bird flu, and ultimately died of multiple organ failure, left home more than 60-year-old mother, 16-year-old son and profound feelings of his wife.

Sad sad old friend heard the bad news

2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, where Mr. Chen's Express reporter went to Shenzhen Bao'an District People's Hospital. The fourth floor of the ICU ward door was locked, a twenty-year-old man pacing back and forth at the door, received a phone call, the man sadly sadly almost shed tears.

"He told me his wife in there, people have gone a little more." Man told reporters that his name is Ray, the patient's friends, usually all play together. Waited at the hospital yesterday, has been waiting for a message, but did not expect so to bad news. "At first I thought the common cold, such problems have been discovered too late." Lui sigh.

Double play at normal walking stick
It is understood that Chen Fayu lifetime is the bus two branch offices in Shenzhen maritime western pastoral team driver, has been responsible for driving before the bus 338 (sea garden to the train station), in the pathogenesis of about 2 months before being transferred to the airport the team responsible for driving M351 bus lines (the airport east to west two branches).
According to Chen Fayu workers introduced Mr. Dai, Chen Fayu height 1.67 m, weight 180 pounds, look fat, "but his body is usually very good, even a small fever-like illness did not."

And Mr. Ray are disclosed information to another reporter, Chen regular exercise before, but also playing nunchuck, but nearly half of infected playing mahjong and the bad habit of smoking, drinking, body defenses are weakened, often sick, but still insist on walking to the house near the wetland. He also said that Chen Fayu done last month, had also cook chicken soup, it may come into contact with poultry offal, so I do not know whether the disease.

Good times were good popularity rating

Mr. Dai told reporters that Chen Fayu of good karma, for my colleagues are very friendly to passengers, the team has repeatedly been rated as fourth gear, fifth gear employees (five-speed for the good people). Previously, Chen Fayu had told him to live with a bedroom. About three or four months ago, Chenfa Yu's wife came to Shenzhen from home, they moved next door to the husband and wife, the wife has just over a month ago to find a job. After learning that Chen Fayu seriously ill, much to study in Sichuan last year, 16-year-old son the night of December 27, rushed to the hospital to visit, but unfortunately, after four days away father.

Monitoring of the province
Backyard poultry outbreak of avian flu risk

Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry Department, said not yet found infected with bird flu in poultry, experts say immunization can not relax

Express News reporter yesterday were from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry Department of Guangdong Province was informed that the province has stepped up monitoring of migratory birds is not currently found in poultry and other birds infected with bird flu epidemic. However, experts said poultry, backyard poultry is still the risk of avian flu outbreaks, immunization can not relax.

11 no monitoring of migratory birds infected with

Guangdong Forestry Bureau yesterday said that the province has 11 national wildlife foci of disease monitoring, real-time monitoring of wild migratory birds, so far found no bird avian flu virus.

Guangzhou wildlife protection and management of Office of Renlian Jun Hao said, do daily to protect the Nansha Wetland Park, Marina and other wild birds and the formation of concentration monitoring report, year 2011 did not occur the phenomenon of unusual deaths of wild birds migratory birds such as the death of a large area, the scale of the infection.

The province's farmers to enhance emergency investigation

Since the occurrence of human infection of avian influenza in Shenzhen deaths, the provincial Department of Agriculture quickly convened an emergency meeting immediately start emergency treatment of human avian influenza contingency plans. Currently, the Agriculture Department has issued a "further improve the prevention and control of avian influenza emergency," which urged local emergency outbreak investigation, and urge all farming units and farmers on the dead animal in strict accordance with the "No slaughter, are not allowed consumption, are not allowed to sell, are not allowed to transport, treatment and disposal must be carried out "principle for disposal.

Reporters learned that Shenzhen has been the location of human cases of emergency on animal husbandry to conduct a comprehensive survey, found that poultry health, no exceptions. So far, the provincial Agriculture Department has not received reports of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks. According to the Provincial Department of Agriculture staff, last year, the province's actual bird flu vaccine immunization were 1.19 billion birds, monitoring of serum samples of 170,800 copies, 41,000 copies of pathogenic samples. Currently, the province's bird flu mean density of more than 100% immune, antibody levels to national standards, effective immune protection at the state poultry.

Yesterday, the Provincial Agriculture Office also organized the South China Agricultural University, the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Foshan Institute of Technology and other related poultry expert meetings. The meeting held that, by the weather, animals, animal epidemic characteristics and frequent flow of transactions and other factors, Guangdong Province, bird flu prevention and control situation is still grim, backyard poultry is still the risk of avian flu outbreaks, immunization can not relax.

It is reported that the agricultural sector in the New Year, Spring Festival is still on duty to carry out emergency work to keep major animal epidemic situation reporting telephone 24 hours open.

Visited Guangzhou

Chicken cooked according to the market women do not worry about selling

Yesterday, the New Express reporter visited several farmers markets in Guangzhou City found that chickens, ducks, quail and other birds still live normal sales, stall holders and residents have said I have not heard of avian flu.

The members of the village farmers market, a stall Tang Shu told reporters that he contracted a hill in Jubei, designed to go to the chicken feed. "When the Cubs chicks injected flu vaccine has already begun, with the chickens grow, will continue to feed these flu drugs unlikely to have bird flu." Tang Shu said.

European residents in the file aunt had just bought two go to chicken to take home to do plain chicken. "If there were bird flu, the news will certainly be reported, relevant departments will take measures to it." Ou aunt said they did not worry about chicken.http://news.sohu.com/20120101/n330930391.shtml

Shenzhen bus drivers fear of the evil dead infected bird flu epidemic in Hong Kong on full alert immediate concern #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Shenzhen bus drivers fear of the evil dead infected bird flu epidemic in Hong Kong on full alert immediate concern
At 01:07 on January 1, 2012 China Window

[Hong Kong Commercial Daily News] correspondent ten thousand percent, according to Guan Jun, Sun Nan practice correspondent reports: Shenzhen bird flu man died yesterday afternoon, the CHP has received notification Mainland, Hong Kong immediately make full alert, health Department and the Hospital Authority have been closely monitoring the bird flu and fever symptoms in patients; stepped up checks Mainland chilled chickens; As to whether to extend the lock-up period of chickens, so that spring may not be live chickens, to look back development of the situation...

    ..Friends said the deceased, the deceased eat chicken at home from time to time. Authorities are tracing the disease pathway, due to the deceased lived in Shenzhen manhole near the wetland, habitat for migratory birds from time to time, through contact with bird droppings do not rule out, or become infected by contaminated water.
A neighborhood, said Yesterday, early morning last night and the staff are wearing protective clothing, street sprinkling disinfectant, disinfectant distributed to residents to remind residents pay attention to hygiene.  http://www.hkcd.com.hk/content/2012-01/01/content_2876117.htm

Shenzhen man infected bird flu alert to the risk of death rose in Hong Kong #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Shenzhen man infected bird flu alert to the risk of death rose in Hong KongAt 9:11 p.m. on December 31, 2011

Shenzhen, a man infected bird flu H5N1 virus, 31, pronounced dead, This case so recently dead chickens found in the Hong Kong avian influenza virus alert. Infectious diseases have argued that the threat of avian flu in Hong Kong subject to the risk of upgrading. Chief Executive Donald Tsang said the Government is in close communication with the Mainland authorities, government authorities have stepped up testing of Mainland chilled chickens to Hong Kong..

..Mr Tsang said the same day, in response to the above case, the Government has with Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City departments to enhance communication between the two places has a comprehensive reporting system itself. He was referring to the Hong Kong Department of Health and the Hospital Authority are closely monitoring the bird flu infection have fever and other symptoms, has not identified abnormalities...
..Hong Kong University infection and infectious disease center director where Uu good that Shenzhen was killed in bird flu infection, reflecting the threat of avian flu in Hong Kong by the risk increase. He suggested that the HA of avian flu rapid test start immediately, had to travel to the market, suffering from pneumonia patients tested.For bird flu infection in Shenzhen man, living close to Hong Kong Wetland Park, where Uu-liang said that the man who does not rule out contact with wild birds and infected..
.He also pointed out that if the people of Hong Kong to the Mainland in the next two months to avoid a crowded market, although currently not a popular person transmission of avian influenza viruses, but the public should pay attention to personal hygiene, wash hands frequently, set a mask when needed.
Day activities in Hong Kong to attend the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infection Control Director Stuart Yongkang said that at this stage do not worry Shenzhen case, the possibility of avian influenza virus variants is not high, person to person but once that case, we must be vigilant

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Shenzhen, Hong Kong suspended poultry imports #H5N1 #birdflu

Shenzhen, Hong Kong suspended poultry imports **************** parts
 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) Food Safety (CFS) today (December 31) announced that, in view of Shenzhen confirmed a human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, communication with the Mainland authorities, the two sides agreed to patients with established guidelines to fourteen days before the onset of permanent residence thirteen km range area slated for the import controls, import suspension of live poultry and poultry products (including chilled and frozen poultry and eggs).

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Measures to suspend imports from tomorrow (January 1), the period of 21.

Center spokesman said, in the second ○ ○ eight years, including Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, the Government of highly pathogenic avian influenza in all cases live poultry and poultry products (including chilled and frozen poultry and eggs) of the import arrangements, the development regional control policy, the import suspension measures as general guidance.

He said: "According to the regional control policies, such as Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, including the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases of human infection, we will suspend from the" Import Control Area "(which may be infected with thirteen km radius around the site of the range) and import poultry 21 poultry products. "

"If there is evidence of patients had contact with poultry before the onset of fourteen days," Import Control Area "will cover the implications / the poultry farms, markets, and the rest of patients had contact with."

If there is no obvious history of exposure to poultry, shall be according to the patients before the onset of permanent housing designated fourteen days of "import control zone."

He stressed: "Although there are regional regulatory policy as a guideline, but the outbreak of avian flu in processing each case, we will consider all relevant factors, such as the severity of the virus spread, and then decided to suspend the import measures taken."

The spokesman added: "We will continue to closely monitor the latest situation of avian influenza cases, and take appropriate action."

He also reminded all travelers should avoid direct contact with birds or their droppings, if contacts have been made, they should wash hands thoroughly with soap and water.

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2011 年 12 月 31 http://translate.googleusercontent.c...iRRPuyOl2KzK1g

Bus driver may have seen a chicken #H5N1 #birdflu

..In addition, Guangdong Province, the Agriculture Department spokesman said, had not received a poultry infected with H5N1 avian influenza reported, the Shenzhen Municipal Government also sent men to death near his home, check the resident breeding birds and found no abnormalities, but a spokesman said that because someone backyard poultry, so the risk of avian influenza exists.
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Donald Tsang: Hong Kong bird flu on close communication with the Mainland #h5n1 #birdflu

Donald Tsang: Hong Kong bird flu on close communication with the Mainland
at 22:48 on December 31, 2011

Mr Tsang said Hong Kong has already informed all public hospitals and private clinics, to have fever and other symptoms similar to bird flu patients were closely monitored. Currently the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority will pay particular attention to the development of such events
Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, December 31 (Reporter Gao Lu) - Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang on the 31st on the bird flu, said on Meet the Press, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Guangdong Province and the relevant state agencies improve the notification mechanism, is working with Shenzhen, close communication, exchange information and adopt contingency measures.

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Chief Executive: communication with the mainland on the bird flu strain #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Chief Executive: communication with the mainland on the bird flu strain

2011-12-31

[Wenhui (Reuters) - According to Xinhua news, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang 31 on avian flu, said on Meet the Press, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Guangdong Province and national institutions improved the notification system is being closely with Shenzhen communication and exchange of information and contingency measures. \From the Guangdong Provincial Health Department sources said, Shenzhen Baoan manhole a 39-year-old male bus driver detected a sample of 30 was highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 positive, the patient died on 31 at 13 am, dead Because virus-induced multiple organ failure. In this regard, Mr Tsang said Hong Kong has already informed all public hospitals and private clinics, to have fever and other symptoms similar to bird flu patients were closely monitored. Currently the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority will pay particular attention to the development of such events. Mr Tsang said Hong Kong from December 20 of a poultry wholesale market to contain a dead chicken tested H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, has stopped all local chickens in Hong Kong trading, can not live poultry to Hong Kong . In addition, the level of avian influenza in Hong Kong by the general level to a serious level, and to all public hospitals and private clinics to issue appropriate guidelines, any patient with fever and similar signs of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 infection, the hospital will do special treatment. Found no cases of infection in Hong Kong. 。 Hong Kong SAR Government Permanent Secretary for Food and Health, Mrs Marion Lai, said Shenzhen man for bird flu case, authorities will step up checks Mainland chilled chickens. She said the last of the local farms, chickens and eggs to check the situation, has not identified abnormal. As regards the need to extend the lock-up period chickens, now too early to say.In addition to Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in the dead chickens tested to contain a highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, in Hong Kong, Oriental Magpie Robin found a dead body also was found to carry the virus. Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department completed a 21 night at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in the task of culling poultry, poultry destroyed a total of nearly twenty thousand only. Hong Kong bird flu, the State Administration of Quality Supervision from 21, the suspension of live poultry supplied to Hong Kong for 21 days. http://translate.googleusercontent.c...DVBti7q3SR_bRw

China: the death of a man who did not come into contact with birds from bird flu

Moscow News
12/31/2011
Chinese media sources announced the death of a man aged 39, lives in southern China are suspected of being infected with HIV, "5 The H-1" known as bird flu.
The newspaper "Daily Soazirn" Chinese that the patient, a bus driver of the car, became aware of the 120 people at the very least a short time before his death. They showed no symptoms of bird flu so far.
A medical source said that the deceased had not come into contact with birds living in months ago.

Patient died of avian flu in Shenzhen 120 close contacts have no abnormal #h5n1 #birdflu

Patient died of avian flu in Shenzhen 120 close contacts have no abnormal
2011-12-31 17:02:10

Shenzhen, a bus driver suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza

Today, the patient's condition continued to increase, heart, lung, liver damage increase, increased shock, pulmonary fibrosis, effusion increased, this afternoon, the patient's condition rapidly worsened after she died. Up to now, has identified 120 close contacts were abnormal symptoms.

Provincial Health Department and the Shenzhen City in accordance with the Ministry of Health and the provincial government's deployment, according to the national and provincial contingency plans for bird flu prevention and control requirements, and implement prevention and control measures, make every effort to epidemic prevention and control work.

This afternoon, the Provincial Health Department issued a "strengthen bird flu prevention and control of the emergency notice" (Yue Wei Fa [2011] No.) called on all localities to increase surveillance efforts, good control of bird flu preparations.http://news.southcn.com/g/2011-12/31...t_35875779.htm

Hundreds of dead chickens in the dead crow zone #h5n1 #birdflu

Hundreds of dead chickens from unknown illness

Dec 30, 07:16 pm Dec 30, 07:16 pm

 Udhava, personal representative: Udhava block Drladanga village unknown disease that killed hundreds of chickens. Local rural Shamim Sheikh, Mtiur Rahman, Sheikh Mokhtar said the disease in chickens infected Jhumne and lime are seen as signs of excretory.  Chickens in a village just dying to see so many fears of the spread of infection to disease is troubling.  People throw dead chickens in open spaces and tanks are.  Is increasing the risk of spreading the infection.  Spread in poultry is likely to be infected with the disease of cattle.  Chickens in poultry farms present on the occasion of New Year can have an effect on sales. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/jharkhand/4_8_8701374.html&usg=ALkJrhjmUP3zy4F3I3mTrde5hB4UV_DD_w

Shenzhen, a bus driver has been infected with bird flu death #h5n1 #birdflu

Shenzhen, a bus driver has been infected with bird flu death
The Free Library www.cnfol.com 2011 年 12 月 31 日 14:53 Nanfang Daily, Nanfang Daily (Reporter / Air to rain) correspondent has just learned, was diagnosed with human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Shenzhen Baoan manhole Chen patients a 13:33 today declared dead, cause of death was multiple organ failure caused by the virus. It is understood, have been in close contact with 120 people present were not abnormal performance.http://news.cnfol.com/111231/101,1281,11478859,00.shtml

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Shenzhen confirmed human bird flu patients died #h5n1

Shenzhen confirmed human bird flu patients died
 at 14:47 on December 31, 2011 Shenzhen confirmed human infections highly pathogenic bird flu at 13:33 on the 31st declared dead, cause of death was multiple organ failure caused by the virus. The patient who lives in Shenzhen, near the sea garden, morning exercises in the film area, the initial suspicion caused by migrating birds, so far undetermined source of infection. Have had close contact with 120 people present were not abnormal performance.http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_12/31/11703513_0.shtml

Shenzhen bus driver died of bird flu infection #h5n1

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Shenzhen bus driver died of bird flu infection

2011-12-31 14:53:25
December 31, was diagnosed with human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Shenzhen Baoan manhole patients Moumou 13:33 declaration of death, cause of death was multiple organ failure caused by the virus. It is understood, have been in close contact with 120 people present were not abnormal performance. After investigation, the patient was the bus driver, one month before the disease is no clear history of exposure to poultry, and no history of going out.

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Shenzhen, Guangdong, experts suspect case of avian influenza and migratory birds on #h5n1 #birdflu

Shenzhen, Guangdong, experts suspect case of avian influenza and migratory birds on   [31/12 Saturday 07:18]

。 Shenzhen, a 33-year-old man suspected highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza now in critical condition.  Mainland media quoted Guangdong He Jianfeng, director of Communicable Disease Prevention, said the survey found, the patient's residential neighborhood, and his morning walk the line, there are more migratory birds are migratory birds with the recent peak, and migratory birds suspected cases about.

。 Guangdong Provincial Health Department said the patient is a bus driver living in Baoan manhole, a fever last Wednesday, 25 admitted to a hospital in Bao'an, after the emergence of severe pneumonia, he detected the H5N1 virus, were positive.  Centre for Health Protection of Hong Kong, the mainland received notification this evening were cases will continue to closely contact with the Guangdong Province to learn details of the cases, and will, developments continue to maintain stringent port? 生措施。 Health measures.
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New China case may be from a migratory bird.. #h5n1 #birdflu

...The suspected migratory



Yesterday, Guangdong Province, He Jianfeng, director of Communicable Disease Prevention, said after the WHO's research, people infected with avian influenza viruses from birds. 。 People infected with avian flu is rare, and it is distributed. The public need not panic. "The current study shows that people are not so susceptible to this virus, now consider the hypothesis of a relationship of some human genes."



The man with the bird flu is an outbreak of avian flu in Hong Kong has to do with it? Jianfeng said that at present can not confirm whether the relationship between the two. 。 However, note that there are two migratory routes in Guangdong. 一。 One is the East coast, including Shenzhen, Shantou, Shanwei. The other one is from Jiangxi to Nanxiong to Guangzhou, Guangdong, the central movement of this line. Hong Kong and Shenzhen in Guangdong, the central migratory online.


New Year's Day is around the peak of wild bird migration. "We are investigating the man found him five days before the onset of the rest, because the sprained foot, and not to drive. But there is a characteristic that he lived more in the environment of migratory birds, exercise every morning to the field, that also many places of migratory birds. "Jianfeng said he was now highly suspicious of migratory birds infected with the virus may be a relationship. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-12/31/content_1549034.htm&usg=ALkJrhiiLhZECqDCjU-yU-USh5394eP7OA

Shenzhen drivers Mingwei very hot bird flu #h5n1

Shenzhen drivers Mingwei very hot bird flu

  WASHINGTON H5N1 avian influenza in Hong Kong are both inside and outside attack.  While bird flu found in Hong Kong due to the wholesale market is still dead chickens chicken ban period on the occasion, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department announced yesterday late at night, adjacent to Shenzhen and Hong Kong, a 39-year-old bus driver surnamed Chen suspected bird flu, the current situation critical in the Bao'an District People's Hospital, the patient had no travel history, behind in the local cases of suspected cases, confirmed the Ministry of Health is pending for nearly three years, Guangdong Province, the first human cases of avian flu.
Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection announced after half past eleven last night, the Ministry of Health has received the notification of suspected bird flu cases than Guangdong Provincial Health Department announced late hourBao'an District of hospital stay
 。 Guangdong Provincial Health Department said the bus driver surnamed patients, who lives in Baoan manhole, on Wednesday (21) sudden onset of fever, since the drugs and to the A & E departments do not improve, to Sunday (25) Check Bao'an District People's Hospital, was diagnosed with severe pneumonia the next day transferred to the intensive care unit.
 Until last night, the provincial Center for Disease Control laboratory test results confirmed that the patient samples of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza were positive, the Ministry of Health has reported further confirmed, behind the suspected cases.

 

•  Patients still Bao'an District, Shenzhen People's Hospital for treatment.

  Patients currently in treatment, its household contacts are also subject to medical surveillance, no exceptions, and because epidemiological survey showed that patients with no history of travel within one month, and no history of contact with poultry, the authorities therefore highly concerned about the incident, the Ministry of Health World Health Organization has reported the incident, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department is to inform the Hong Kong and Macao health authorities of cases.
  Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong Assistant Professor Panlie Wen pointed out that the avian-human transmission is extremely moving, estimate the patient is in contact with chicken feces after the move, yet know whether there are variations, the need for gene sequencing tests. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20111231/00176_058.html&usg=ALkJrhhSirAZsRfjxA9zU6NNw4qHugv8rA

WHO "deeply concerned" by mutated birdflu research #h5n1

WHO "deeply concerned" by mutated birdflu research

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Health workers carry culled poultry for disposal at Gandhigram village, about 35 km (22 miles) west of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, March 7, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/Stringer

By Kate Kelland

LONDON | Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:04am EST

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization issued a stern warning on Friday to scientists who have engineered a highly pathogenic form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, saying their work carries significant risks and must be tightly controlled.
The United Nations health body said it was "deeply concerned about the potential negative consequences" of work by two leading flu research teams who this month said they had found ways to make H5N1 into a easily transmissable form capable of causing lethal human pandemics.

The work by the teams, one in The Netherlands and one in the United States, has already prompted an unprecedented censorship call from U.S. security advisers who fear that publishing details of the research could give potential attackers the know-how to make a bioterror weapon.

The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has asked two journals that want to publish the work to make only redacted versions of studies available, a request to which the journal editors and many leading scientists object.

In its first comment on the controversy, the WHO said: "While it is clear that conducting research to gain such knowledge must continue, it is also clear that certain research, and especially that which can generate more dangerous forms of the virus....has risks."

H5N1 bird flu is extremely deadly in people who are directly exposed to it from infected birds. Since the virus was first detected in 1997, about 600 people have contracted it and more than half of them have died.

But so far it has not yet naturally mutated into a form that can pass easily from person to person, although many scientists fear this kind of mutation is likely to happen at some point and will constitute a major health threat if it does.

MUTATIONS

Flu researchers around the world have been working for many years trying to figure out which mutations would give H5N1 the ability to spread easily from one person to another, while at the same time maintaining its deadly properties.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health funded the two research teams to carry out research into how the virus could become more transmissible in humans, with the aim of gaining insight on how to react if the mutation occurred naturally.

The WHO said such research should be done "only after all important public health risks and benefits have been identified" and "it is certain that the necessary protections to minimize the potential for negative consequences are in place."

The agency also said it was vital... http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/30/us-birdflu-who-risks-idUSTRE7BT0GO20111230

China reports suspected human bird flu case #H5N1

China reports suspected human bird flu case

by Reuters Health, Last updated December 30, 201HONG KONG (Reuters) - China has reported a suspected human case of the H5N1 virus, or bird flu, in a southern city bordering Hong Kong, officials said on Friday.
The patient, a 39-year-old man living in Shenzhen, developed symptoms on December 21 and was admitted to a hospital on December 25 because of severe pneumonia, the Centre of Health Protection of Hong Kong said in a statement. He is now in critical condition.
China's Ministry of Health said preliminary laboratory tests on the patient's specimen by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province had yielded a positive result for H5N1....
About 10 days ago Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens at a wholesale poultry market and suspended all imports of live chickens from mainland China for 21 days after a dead chicken there tested positive for the H5N1 virus.

It transmits less easily between people but there have been clusters of infections in people in Indonesia and Thailand in the past, where the virus is believed to have been passed between family members through direct contact with contaminated respiratory secretions.  http://www.healthnews.com/en/news/China-reports-suspected-human-bird-flu-case/2g1Ch$u4919BK4uK8slCnk/

Chinese man critical with bird flu #H5N1

Chinese man critical with bird flu
BEIJING (AFP) - A 39-year-old man is in critical condition after testing positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, state media reported Saturday quoting local health authorities.
The city borders Hong Kong, which has culled thousands of chickens and ordered a suspension of live poultry imports from China after three birds tested positive with the strain in mid-December.
The man, a bus driver surnamed Chen, was hospitalised with a fever on December 21 and tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Shenzhen's Bao'an district, the provincial health department said, according to Xinhua news agency.
He remains in a critical condition and is receiving emergency treatment, the report said, adding that the man had apparently had no direct contact with poultry in the month before he was taken ill nor had he left the city.
Chinese and Hong Kong authorities have been working closely together since December 21 after live poultry supplies were suspended to the glitzy financial hub following the discovery of infected birds.
Chinese health authorities vowed to stay in "close contact and work together" with Hong Kong and "jointly step up measures in controlling the epidemic", the report said.
Authorities in Hong Kong raised the bird flu alert level to "serious" as they tried to trace the origin of an infected chicken, resulting in major disruptions to poultry supplies over the busy Christmas period.
Two schools were ordered to close after dead birds infected with the virus were found on their premises.
Hong Kong was the site of the world's first major outbreak of bird flu among humans in 1997, when six people died. Millions of birds were then culled.
The virus, which does not pass easily from human to human, has killed more than 330 people around the world, with Indonesia the worst-hit country. Most human infections are the result of direct contact with infected birds.
In people it can cause fever, coughing, a sore throat, pneumonia, respiratory disease and, in about 60 percent of cases, death.
Scientists fear H5N1 will mutate into a form readily transmissible between humans, with the potential to cause millions of deaths.
Hong Kong is particularly nervous about infectious diseases after an outbreak of deadly respiratory disease SARS in 2003 killed 300 people in the city and a further 500 worldwide.
A 59-year-old woman tested positive for bird flu in 2010 in Hong Kong's first human case of the illness since 2003.  http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/12474946/chinese-man-critical-with-bird-flu/

Vietnam: Potential risk of disease outbreaks in livestock and poultry

Friday, 30/12/2011
PTO-In the last months is very easy time of disease outbreaks in livestock and poultry due to cold weather. Especially the amount of livestock, poultry transport and slaughter of the Lunar New Year is also a strong cause contagious diseases. Another cause of concern is that in 2011, avian influenza has occurred in Ha Hoa district, test results showed that influenza virus has been genetically modified material that is currently no vaccine to prevent proper the disease. Therefore in 2011 not injected vaccines against avian influenza is a risk of an outbreak in poultry is higher. Currently raising our province are mainly small-scale, focus, care and prevention of the people has not been adequate attention is also prone to cause epidemics.
To proactively prevent livestock diseases, from now until New Year, Veterinary Department requires veterinary stations, animal quarantine station advising the PSC directed the district town People's Committee of communes to strengthen inspection, monitoring diseases in cattle and poultry to early detection and timely measures when an epidemic occurs, especially epidemics: avian influenza, foot and mouth foundation cattle and swine blue ear ... At the same time closely managing sales operations, transportation of cattle and poultry in the province and strictly handle cases of trafficking, transporting livestock, poultry, illness, death unknown origin, no certificate of quarantine circulation, to the area. To speed cholera vaccination in pigs under 3616/QD-UBND on 14/11/2011 Decision of the PPC. May perform well disinfection and hygiene and disease prevention environment for livestock and poultry phase III in 2011 in the area, ensure effective disinfection chemicals, purpose and schedule. The veterinary stations to coordinate with the People's Committees of communes and towns direct the level of veterinary implement the expected epidemic forecasting monthly report to the Veterinary Department regulations. To do well the animal quarantine, slaughter control, animal quarantine station for Vietnamese Trung Ha Bridge Maintenance and assigned a specific schedule of daily live and direct promotion of the direct control the transportation of animals and animal products flow through the core, especially the circulation in the province; strictly handle violations as prescribed. To step up veterinary inspection at markets, slaughter of cattle and poultry. Upcoming Veterinary Department will take samples to monitor the circulation of avian influenza virus to evaluate the circulation of the virus in the area as well as the risk of disease and the proactive measures of prevention. Department has established two working groups to examine and supervise the implementation of sanitation and disinfection of cholera vaccinate pigs in the province.

As recommended by professional bodies, the risk of disease outbreaks in livestock and poultry, the local is not subjective, neglect, need to strengthen measures to prevent and combat service. Mr. Nguyen Tat Thanh-The Director of Animal Health Department recommends: For farmers need focused care, prevention of malaria for livestock and poultry. Upon detection of cattle and poultry must be notified immediately sick to detect, time stamping service, no hidden service, not selling. Conduct additional injection of cattle and poultry diseases have not been vaccinated, such as capacitors pasteurellosis, foot ... For the authorities, especially local authorities, to focus better direct the vaccination swine fever and sanitation and disinfection. To enhance information dissemination on the mass media about the disease situation and preventive measures. To do good work and disease prevention should be the on the of the Party committees, governments, unions, not only forces the veterinary

Vietnam: Watch Pork Consumption in HCM

30/12/2011

TP. HCM detected 95% of samples contaminated pork dangerous life.
Nearly 95% of pork samples tested has lived in Vietnam during the Tet approach was found to be infected with E. coli and staphylococcus aureus ...
Information on the Thien Vu Trong, Vice Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Public Health Dist. City said on 29/12.
In addition, the Institute of 1833 samples were taken from 12 food groups, there were other 47% of which do not meet food hygiene and safety.
In terms of imports Institute of Hygiene and Public Health inspection also found many problems. Specifically, more than 50% of the sample alcohol concentration of aldehyde type, mentanol exceed prescribed limits.
Besides, 22 groups of imported food and food containers were identified as unsafe.
Experts on food and health is very concerned about food hygiene and safety issues in this Lunar New Year. TP by reality only 15-20% are self-supply demand of the people. Number of remaining food from different sources, difficult to control.

Jamtara-Crows were dying in the city

Crows were dying in the city

Dec 29, 08:45 pm Dec 29, 08:45 pm

 Jamtara, own correspondent: the crows have continued to die.Within half an hour on Thursday to block local Pandeidih two crows dying - Tdkkr died.  The common people are scared. If the value is a sign of the last notice of this outbreak. Visited a number of children, but no one touched the dead crows.  http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/jharkhand/4_8_8697929.html&usg=ALkJrhiSdEpIzWKY4CXJ1gCb_m43tb5n6Q