Guangzhou infected with avian influenza boy sober and not using respirators

Guangzhou infected with avian influenza boy sober and not using respirators

 08.06.2012 11:36

  Two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 avian influenza in Guangzhou, have been sober and not a hand respirator to assist breathing.  He is still the Princess Margaret Hospital in serious condition, the parents still in the hospital for observation. 。 The boy and his family live in Guangzhou, before the onset of the disease, with the mother duck to a nearby market to buy, the boy had contact with live poultry.  Accident boy earlier to the markets in Guangzhou, and markets a duck samples were positive for H5 avian influenza virus, the poultry markets practitioners, has not been found to be infected. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx%3FItemId%3D519703%26csid%3D261_341&usg=ALkJrhi59EzOj2wek8tDYGMIBDIsKVZ3NA

Swine flu alert in Sri Lanka after hospital staffers infected

Fri, Jun 8, 2012, 10:15 pm 
Jun 08, Colombo: The Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has requested the general public to be alert for the spread of influenza A H1N1, commonly known as swine flu after four staffers at a government hospital found to have been infected with the influenza A H1N1 virus.

The authorities evacuated a ward of the Mental Health Institute in Angoda, near Colombo after the four staffers who fell ill confirmed to have been infected...


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Legionnaires’ disease: advice for local businesses

 

08 June 2012

In light of the current outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Scotland, our Environmental Health Team has issued a reminder to local businesses to ensure preventative measures are in place.

Businesses that operate a wet cooling tower are reminded of the importance of ensuring that control measures for the prevention of legionella within their systems are scrupulously followed so as not to present a risk to the public.
Specific guidance can be found within the Health and Safety Executive document: "L8: Legionnaires' disease - the control of legionella bacteria in water systems" - which can be viewed using the link below.
This recommends a weekly check for microbiological activity (TVC) and a quarterly check for Legionella to confirm that controls are all working correctly.
Although there is no reported incidence in the Wycombe district currently, officers will be verifying with businesses that have a registered system that these controls are in place and being followed.
All wet cooling towers and evaporative condensers are required to be registered with us. Details on how to register can be found on our cooling towers page.
http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/news/press-release/08june12-legionnaires-disease-advice-for-local-businesses.aspx

Legionnaires’ disease outbreak statement

Friday 8 June 2012 16:33

READ the full statement on Legionnaires’ outbreak as total number of suspected and confirmed cases rise to 74

The latest reports from the Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) on the Edinburgh Legionnaires’ disease outbreak show that there are now 28 confirmed cases and 46 suspected cases. This is an increase of 13 on the total numbers of confirmed and suspected cases.
As at 12pm today, of those cases being treated in hospital, 14 were in intensive care and 30 are on general wards.
A total of 15 cases are being treated in the community, ten have been discharged from hospital and one person has sadly died.
Four cases are being treated outwith the NHS Lothian area. A patient who was yesterday being treated in NHS Highland has now been transferred to Glasgow, one patient is being treated in the north of England, one in NHS Tayside and one in NHS Lanarkshire. At this stage all these cases are considered to be linked to the south west Edinburgh outbreak.
The ages of the confirmed cases ranges between 33 and 76, with more males than females affected.
As of 10pm yesterday, NHS 24 had received 492 calls to the dedicated helpline for Legionnaires’ disease.
The Health and Safety Executive and Edinburgh City Council are continuing their investigations into the possible source of the outbreak. The HSE has today served an Improvement Notice on one of the companies responsible for one of the cooling towers which is being investigated, although this does not mean that this tower has been identified as the source of the outbreak.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: “As we expected, we have seen a rise in the number of cases associated with this ...

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avian influenza menacing spread to 18 provinces in China

2012-06-08
Baiyin City, Gansu Province, the Jingtai a farm 6,200 chickens infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, of which 260 died. Farm nearly 20,000 chickens were culled. CPC Ministry of Agriculture Information Office of the news that June 6: National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory confirmed the H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic. Prior to this, the the Guyuan diagnosed with poultry, the H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian flu cull 95000.
Mid-May, he joined his mother bought ducks in Guangzhou Haizhu District, Jiangnan East market a 2-year-old boy, June 1 confirmed human case of bird flu. Has yet to find the source of the virus infection in Guangzhou.
January 26, 2012, the Hong Kong release a bird flu epidemic Weekly, the world of five cases. The Chinese mainland is one of the 15 countries affected and involved in Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang and Zhejiang, 18 provinces and cities.


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Egypt reports tenth case of human avian influenza infection this year

  June 7, 2012
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a case of avian influenza or bird flu in that country.
According to a WHO Global Alert and Response issued Thursday, the patient is a four-year-old female from Kfr -Elsheikh governorate.
The child developed symptoms on 25 April 2012, was admitted to a hospital on 26 April 2012 and received oseltamivir treatment upon admission. She was discharged from the hospital on 7 May 2012.
Epidemiologic investigation revealed the child was exposed to backyard poultry.
The Central Public Health Laboratories and the Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU-3) confirmed the case as avian influenza A(H5N1).
This case is the 10th in Egypt this year. Of the ten, half of the cases ended in death...

http://www.examiner.com/article/egypt-reports-tenth-case-of-human-avian-influenza-infection-this-year

Hong Kong child off of respirator #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Child has been awake avian fluAs for the two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 avian influenza in Guangzhou earlier return to Hong Kong seeking treatment yesterday, has been sober and without the use of the respirator to assist breathing. He is still the Princess Margaret Hospital in serious condition, the parents still in the hospital for observation.http://www.hkdailynews.com.hk/news.php?id=229024


Guangzhou two-year-old boy infected with bird flu after treatment, better, without the use of a respirator, is still the Princess Margaret Hospital in serious condition, the boys' parents also admitted for observation in the hospital.
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Vietnam-Chronic poisoning is the cause of strange diseases

  That's the conclusion was made ​​at the workshop diagnosis and treatment of dermatitis thick horn hands, feet due to health care Management Department of the Ministry of Health held in Hospital C (Da Nang), 7 am / 6.

 . The workshop was attended by leading experts and representatives are participating skin hospitals treating patients with hand dermatitis thick horns, feet in the district of Ba To, Quang Ngai province.
  At the seminar the participants agreed on the name of the syndrome is unknown disease gastritis horn hands, feet and concluded the cause of this disease is chronic poisoning. But still not identified specific pathogenic toxins. The workshop also agreed treatment regimen of the Ministry of Health has issued about this treatment and additional guidance on supportive therapy.

  The cause is unknown disease due to chronic toxicity

  In the future, health care Management Department will work with the Bach Mai Hospital and Central Hospital Dermatology to put some patients with gastritis horn syndrome hands, feet out in Quang Ngai province hospitals on treatment and follow-up.
  As reported at the workshop, new cases from the first day on 19.04.2011 to 06.05.2012 Ba district (Quang Ngai) recorded 215 cases of the syndrome is inflammation of the skin thickness horn hands, feet including 12 deaths and 44 cases of recurrence. Emerging disease in five communes of the district of Ba is Ba Dien District, Ba Xa, Ba, Ba Vinh, three of which Amazingly concentrated in the village of Ba Dien Commune Moss (accounting for 55.67%).  The rate of infection highest age group from 15-30 years of age is over 30% of which 100% of patients from ethnic H're. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=vi&tl=en&u=http://vietbao.vn/Suc-khoe/Nhiem-doc-man-tinh-la-nguyen-nhan-dan-den-benh-la/2131480328/248/&usg=ALkJrhg7CwK3ZyC9qkmRuDlDSEwjgc-WRw

Thailand Quarantined hospital reopens

•   5/06/2012 at 01:36 AM
• UTTARADIT : An army hospital put under quarantine after several soldiers contracted a lung infection will reopen today..

Medical staff closely monitor soldiers being treated for an acute lung infection at the Phraya Phichai Dabhak Army Camp Hospital in Uttaradit yesterday.. The hospital, which was quarantined after several soldiers contracted the lung infection, will reopen today.

Fifteen soldiers have fallen ill after contracting an acute lung infection and 125 others have been kept under medical observation at the Phraya Phichai Dabhak army camp in Uttaradit.
The Phraya Phichai Dabhak Army Camp Hospital where the soldiers were being treated had stopped admitting out-patients and the whole facility was placed under quarantine last week.
Hospital director Col Kuldanai Supim said the hospital is expected to reopen today as the 15 affected soldiers had recovered steadily while test results showed the 125 others had not contracted the disease. .
Col Ram Rangsin, an epidemiologist attached to the army, said laboratory tests on the ill soldiers showed that the infection was caused by mycoplasma _ a bacteria that can be contracted through sneezing or coughing or close contact with infected people.
Thailand already has a medicine _ clarithromycin _ for treatment of the disease, Col Ram said.
  The doctor added the soldiers had not contracted any diseases Severe Acute Respiratory word such as bird flu, as had been feared and rumoured, he said.
  The first case was that of Pvt Kittirat detected Meeplong, a native of Tron district. He was diagnosed with the illness on May 29. He was diagnosed with the illness on May 29.
  A day later, three more army privates at the camp came down with the flu-like symptoms.
 . The soldiers had a high fever, sore throat and cough.
  The Royal Thai Army Medical Department ordered 140 troopers and Their trainers examined. It found that 15 of them had contracted the disease.
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Destruction of 10,540 pigs on PRRS

10:06:22 04/06/2012 04/06/2012 10:06:22

  - The report dated 5.28.2012 of 116/BC-UBND PPC: Status of the blue ear disease in pigs is complicated in 24 communes with 275 villages, urban groups of Dien Bien district and city.  Dien Bien Phu and the total number of pigs were infected, dead, destroyed over 10,540 children, nearly destroyed 360.000kg weight.

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Bangladesh Govt to vaccinate poultry birds

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Metropolitan

Unb, Dhaka

The government has decided to 'experimentally' vaccinate poultry birds to protect the poultry industry from avian influenza virus, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Md Abdul Latif Biswas said yesterday.

“The government has decided to vaccinate the poultry birds before they die. An 8-member expert team has been formed in this regard to carry out the vaccination process,” he said.

The minister was addressing as chief guest a seminar titled 'Poultry industries in crises: Immediate measures' organised by Bangladesh Poultry Industries Coordination Committee (BPICC) at Cirdap auditorium in the capital.

Biswas said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the national advisory committee have approved the decision to introduce the vaccination programme.

“Alongside vaccinating the birds, bio-security must be maintained,” he said, adding that the farms that fail to maintain this must be shut down...
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Bird flu detected on a large poultry farm in Russia

By Vlasdislav Vorotnikov, 07-Jun-2012

Russian veterinary services have warned that avian flu, which is currently spreading through south-east Asia, has been found on a large poultry farm in eastern Russia.

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has identified a strain of low-pathogenic avian influenza type A, subtype H9, after studying pathological material from poultry at one of the facilities of Amurski Broiler, one of the largest poultry farms in the Primorsk Territory. According to the deputy head of Rosselkhoznadzor Nikolai Vlasov, this H9 subtype of influenza is not harmful to humans and usually does not lead to significant health problems or the death of birds. However, when the virus is in contact with poultry that has no immunity to it, the infection can spread and cause high mortality, resulting in serious economic losses for poultry producers.
A statement from Rosselkhoznadzor said: “There is reason to suppose that there is an infection among poultry stock in the facility, caused by the specified agent of bird flu. When a low-pathogenic virus is circulating among non-immune poultry stock, its pathogenicity could increase. Rosselkhoznadzor considers it necessary to warn of a possible outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
....
At the beginning of March, around 7,000 birds died at one of Amurski Broiler’s facilities, although it is not clear whether this incident was connected to an outbreak of avian influenza. Rosselkhoznadzor has yet to comment on the incident.
According to preliminary data, the virus has also been detected in migratory birds and wild waterfowl birds in both the Amur region and Primorsk Territory.

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Legionnaires' disease: mapping the outbreak

More people are expected to be diagnosed with the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease in the next few days.
http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/magazine/104996-legionnaires-disease-mapping-the-outbreak/

Unchecked birds into the Hong Kong Market..

..for you..
2012-06-07
Panyu poultry markets resume business check the strength of avian influenza through the motions loopholes exist

  South yesterday to infection with avian influenza virus in Hong Kong boy still in the Princess Margaret Hospital intensive care unit attending a serious condition.  Provincial Inspection and Quarantine Bureau survey, for Hong Kong and Macao live poultry in the outbreak of avian influenza, the movement of live poultry supplied to Hong Kong business as usual.

 

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Hong Kong boy suffering from "bird flu" incident are inconclusive

Sample inspection of suspected bird flu National Laboratory
 2012 Jun 08 00:59
storm tracking of avian influenzaThe province not yet found that poultry outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza
Hong Kong boy suffering from "bird flu" incident are inconclusive, yesterday, the New Express reporter learned from the Provincial Department of Agriculture, prior to the relevant departments have the boys come into contact with the vegetable market sampling, including Jiangnan East market suspected positive birds The influenza virus nucleic acid sample sample in accordance with the provisions sent to the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory to do further testing

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Hong Kong-17 children flu Mingwei

  WASHINGTON influenza continued to wreak havoc in Hong Kong, a chronically ill four-year-old boy infected with influenza complicated by pneumonia, is now admitted to Kwong Wah Hospital Children's Intensive Care Unit in critical condition, as in the 17th case serious cases of children infected with influenza. 。 Boy living in Kowloon City District, a kindergarten in the district school, June 4, 1998 with fever, cough and difficulty breathing symptoms the next day admission, a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia and nasopharyngeal aspirate samples were positive for influenza.  CHP's investigation found that the kindergarten the boy attended the outbreak of the flu, he had a private clinic, had no recent travel, and the family did not have symptoms of influenza.

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Macau schools in the cluster of infections of influenza-like illness

[2012-06-07]

。 [Wenhui (Reuters) - According to the news website of the Macao SAR Government, Macau Health Bureau received on the 6th report of a school cluster infections of influenza-like illness. 。 The report covers the Hou Kong Middle School Kindergarten the K1C class 6 students at Mirror Lake road to symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, all students have to the medical institution for treatment, the situation in general. 。 Only one student had inoculated the 2011-2012 winter flu vaccine.   Health has collected a part of the sick children's respiratory sample submission, and requested the schools to enhance cleaning and disinfection, and maintain indoor air circulation, and other infection control measures, and strict implementation of the provisions that sick children can not go to school...  http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://news.wenweipo.com/2012/06/07/IN1206070063.htm&usg=ALkJrhiVZhGXYgYRH0i7OygpXasZqt5eAQ

Gansu-More than 6,000 chickens infected with H5N1

More than 6,000 chickens infected with the immediately blocked bashing epidemic the Gansu burst H5N1 to kill poultry in Guangzhou
(Roundup) (Sing Tao Daily reported) avian influenza Jingxian Hong Kong, adjacent to Guangdong Province, Gansu also have an outbreak. Ministry of Agriculture of the Mainland office announced yesterday, the Jingtai a chicken farm in Baiyin City, Gansu Province has more than 6,000 chickens in the symptoms of bird flu since last Friday, more than two hundred of them died, the Guangdong provincial government has sent to the Haizhu District, Jiangnan East market culling of all poultry.

In Baiyin City, Gansu Province Jingtai an H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian flu, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Mainland office yesterday. According to Xinhua news that, in Baiyin City, Gansu Province Jingtai Lo xiangyangzhen East Sekimura a chicken farm in June 1,  6,200 chickens suspected symptoms of avian influenza, 260 died; country poultry flu reference laboratory confirmed the day before for the H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic. Xinhua also known as the Ministry of Agriculture sent a work group to the affected areas to guide the work of the bashing epidemic outbreak closely blockaded epidemic, strengthen disinfection off the source and monitor the investigation, and culling of all chickens and eighteen thousand four hundred sixty with chicken. The local People's Government in accordance with the relevant contingency plans and technical specification requirements, adhere to the law to prevent and control, scientific prevention and control, and earnestly do a good job the epidemic dispose of the work.
Year-old boy stained influenza virus was dying Earlier a two-year-old boy in Hong Kong infected with avian influenza in the Mainland, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture said, Haizhu District, Jiangnan East markets visited by the agricultural sector in the Children with collecting 40 samples for testing, one of ducks samples were positive for H5 avian influenza virus, the authorities have been culling of all poultry in the market. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of Guangdong Province, said that the tested samples of avian influenza infection have been sent to the National Laboratory to further confirm.
Guangzhou and Foshan animal health oversight agencies have also been on the poultry wholesale market in Panyu and Nanhai District, epidemic prevention supervision and inspection that there were no abnormalities in poultry.
Two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 avian flu confirmed last Friday, earlier underwent surgery due to obstructive cerebral edema, pressure to reduce the brain, are still hospitalized in Princess Margaret Hospital Intensive Care Unit, and accept the Tamiflu treatment, the situation is still serious.
In addition, a four-year-old boy in Hong Kong on June 4 fever, cough and difficulty breathing symptoms the next day was admitted to Kwong Wah Hospital for Children Intensive Care Unit. The clinical diagnosis of pneumonia in critical condition. His nasopharyngeal aspirate samples were positive for influenza. The boy has no recent travel. His home contacts have no symptoms of influenza, the Centre for Health Protection is investigating the case.
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Hong Kong Peak period of influenza in the next few weeks

...He added that cases have increased slightly in the beginning of the period of the winter influenza season, then dropped for some time, in the last couple of months, once again approaching its peak. The virus is mainly the higher numbers of infection by H3N2, the elderly and the chronically ill, occupied most of the public hospitals of internal medicine beds.
According to the present analysis, Dr Chow said the general influenza virus after 8-10 weeks, the peak period will fall more than half the time has now elapsed, so the next few weeks may still be the peak period of influenza. In addition, there is also scarlet fever cases may also be because the weather is getting hotter and hotter, more other infectious diseases, especially infectious diseases caused by food. He urged the public to observe good personal, environmental and food hygiene..

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Market H9 virus growth "clear day" a new high

Habitat Guangzhou single non-Hong Kong Tong dye H5 avian feel Hong Kong for treatment, so the threat of avian influenza reproduction; At the same time, the H9 avian influenza virus of the Hong Kong market poultry retail outlets this year surge in first four months of every one hundred samples there nearly two strokes, is the implementation of the new day ching ". Experts worry, it reflects the lack of prevention measures in Hong Kong.http://www.hket.com/eti/article/df408aa9-319f-4578-977d-dc263191159a-078104