Fayoum by day -
Tuesday, July 24, 18:26
Confirmed
the central laboratory of the Ministry
of Health a positive sample was obtained from
a poultry farmer in Fayoum Center Snurs "bird
flu" and that the sample was infected with the disease and the Department of Preventive
Medicine Department of Veterinary
Medicine in Fayoum has
received over the past
week.
The competent organs of anti-bird flu detected in Fayoum has found injuries among
poultry in the village farm
private compromise of the Department of Veterinary Medicine
Psonors, and got them
on the samples and after laboratory testing showed that the samples were obtained and sent for analysis positive for the disease.
Notified
the Department of Veterinary Medicine Snurs police station of
the reservation to non-poultry
markets and leaked to the Preventive Medicine Department for
disposal of health through the application and instructions of the Ministry of Health
on how to get rid of the infected chickens epidemiological fear of transmission of
the citizens.
For his part, charged Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Governor of Fayoum
governorate crisis management
to pursue the disposal of poultry infected health burials prepared
for this purpose outside the
residential block. http://www.fayoumtoday.com/fayoum-news/14066/%D8%A5%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%A5%D9%86%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A/
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Public Health: Thailand's Hand, Foot and Mouth in the human population
Public Health: Thailand's Hand, Foot and Mouth in the human population
The Thai News Agency reports that as many as 14,000 people have been infected with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HNFD) in an outbreak that is spreading across the region and the world. Reports say that the number of reported cases has fallen in the past week but is still worrying enough for the Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra Yingluck, to have issued a statement saying that disease control measures are to be stepped up and that there must be increased vigilance.
In Cambodia, EV-71, a particularly virulent form of the disease, has killed at least 54 people but medical sources say that the number may have been increased by the innaproriate use of steroids in an attempt to cure what was, at first, an unidentified illness amongst children in a Phnom Penh hospital. Other non-fatal cases have now been identified. Most of the deaths were of infants of less than three years of age. To combat the spread of the disease, Cambodia closed schools in the affected area.
In the USA, doctors have reported a significant increase in the number of cases in Hartford, Connecticut. One hospital has reported seeing as many as nine patients in one day, most infants or young children.
The spread of the disease in Argentina has led to Japan introducing restrictions on imports from that country.
An outbreak in Sabah, in Malaysian Borneo, led to a one-week closure of schools and daycare centres in May this year and the outbreak appears to have been contained. In Sarawak, also in Malaysian Borneo, there were 806 cases in the first seven weeks of this year - almost four times the number in the same period in 2011. But the Malaysian Health Ministry said that the number did not qualify to be classified as an "outbreak." Again, kindergartens were closed. http://chiefofficers.net/888333888/cms/index.php/news/industries/health_care_pharma/public_health/public_health_thailand_s_hand_foot_and_mouth_in_the_human_population
In Cambodia, EV-71, a particularly virulent form of the disease, has killed at least 54 people but medical sources say that the number may have been increased by the innaproriate use of steroids in an attempt to cure what was, at first, an unidentified illness amongst children in a Phnom Penh hospital. Other non-fatal cases have now been identified. Most of the deaths were of infants of less than three years of age. To combat the spread of the disease, Cambodia closed schools in the affected area.
In the USA, doctors have reported a significant increase in the number of cases in Hartford, Connecticut. One hospital has reported seeing as many as nine patients in one day, most infants or young children.
The spread of the disease in Argentina has led to Japan introducing restrictions on imports from that country.
An outbreak in Sabah, in Malaysian Borneo, led to a one-week closure of schools and daycare centres in May this year and the outbreak appears to have been contained. In Sarawak, also in Malaysian Borneo, there were 806 cases in the first seven weeks of this year - almost four times the number in the same period in 2011. But the Malaysian Health Ministry said that the number did not qualify to be classified as an "outbreak." Again, kindergartens were closed. http://chiefofficers.net/888333888/cms/index.php/news/industries/health_care_pharma/public_health/public_health_thailand_s_hand_foot_and_mouth_in_the_human_population
In the last five weeks Mexico Slaughters nearly 5 million birds
In the last five weeks
Mexico: Outbreak of avian influenza forced the slaughter of nearly 5 million birds
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | 8:04 pm
Other 9.3 million birds could be at same fate because they are near the focus where it was detected and lvirus About 4.9 million birds have died since five weeks ago came an outbreak of bird flu in Jalisco state farms in western Mexico, Mexican officials said. The National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) indicated that they are all laying hens have died from the disease or have had to be slaughtered under strict measures to prevent the spread of the H7N3 virus. He also indicated that keeps under surveillance 16.5 million birds, of which 9.3 million are related to the outbreak, ie, they are very near the site or area where the virus has been detected and therefore are more risk of contagion...
http://www.larepublica.pe/24-07-2012/mexico-brote-de-gripe-aviar-obligo-sacrificar-casi-5-millones-de-aves
Mexico: Outbreak of avian influenza forced the slaughter of nearly 5 million birds
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | 8:04 pm
Other 9.3 million birds could be at same fate because they are near the focus where it was detected and lvirus About 4.9 million birds have died since five weeks ago came an outbreak of bird flu in Jalisco state farms in western Mexico, Mexican officials said. The National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) indicated that they are all laying hens have died from the disease or have had to be slaughtered under strict measures to prevent the spread of the H7N3 virus. He also indicated that keeps under surveillance 16.5 million birds, of which 9.3 million are related to the outbreak, ie, they are very near the site or area where the virus has been detected and therefore are more risk of contagion...
http://www.larepublica.pe/24-07-2012/mexico-brote-de-gripe-aviar-obligo-sacrificar-casi-5-millones-de-aves
Strain of HFMD killed toddler : doctors EV71
Strain of HFMD killed toddler : doctors
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Vietnam-20,000 Ducks with #H5N1 #BIRDFLU
Hai Phong, Hai
Duong: Re-appearance of avian
influenza
24/07/2012 08:48:35
According to the Veterinary Department of Hai Phong, from 19/7 to date, in An Thai, An Lao district appeared a series of dead duck status, the number of over 20,000.
Also in Vinh Lap Thanh Ha district, Hai Duong province, nearly 6,000 poultry died along with the symptoms of H5N1 influenza epidemic.
The competent authorities of Hai Phong and Hai Duong has taken samples sent veterinary quarantine office Zone 2 and the samples were tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza virus. Local authorities and veterinary officials have localized spraying and stamping out. All the sick poultry, death has been destroyed
http://www.cand.com.vn/vi-VN/kinhte/2012/7/176902.cand
24/07/2012 08:48:35
According to the Veterinary Department of Hai Phong, from 19/7 to date, in An Thai, An Lao district appeared a series of dead duck status, the number of over 20,000.
Also in Vinh Lap Thanh Ha district, Hai Duong province, nearly 6,000 poultry died along with the symptoms of H5N1 influenza epidemic.
The competent authorities of Hai Phong and Hai Duong has taken samples sent veterinary quarantine office Zone 2 and the samples were tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza virus. Local authorities and veterinary officials have localized spraying and stamping out. All the sick poultry, death has been destroyed
http://www.cand.com.vn/vi-VN/kinhte/2012/7/176902.cand
Thailand: small Cambodian returned to their country for fear of #EV71
Thailand:
small Cambodian returned to their country
July 24, 2012
A hundred street children were expelled by the Thai authorities to Poipet. EV71 virus has killed a little Thai in Bangkok.The little beggars expelled to the border post 21 and July 22 had a high fever, symptoms of infectious disease Hand, foot and mouth (MPMB) that killed sixty children in Cambodia since April , reported the Phnom Penh Post newspaper of 23 July.
Thai authorities were acting as part of a national campaign to prevent the disease and started on July 20 to screen children to cross the Cambodian border. But their Cambodian counterparts denounced overzealous. "The Thai authorities are afraid of the spread of EV71 [enterovirus that causes the disease] Thai children at the border, and therefore they provide a free medical examination and drug Cambodian children," said the newspaper Keo Sopheaktra, the director of health department of the province of Banteay Meanchey. "But they do not have the disease. They have a simple fever can be treated with simple medication. "
According to Thai media, some 300 Cambodian children taken by the Thai side their parents would have received free medical examination.
For its part, the daily Bangkok Post reported July 23 that a little girl of two and a half years died July 18 at a hospital in Bangkok, the first death attributed to MPMB this year in Thailand. His lungs, his heart and his brain would have been achieved, but it did not have the common symptoms of blisters on hands, feet and mouth, and experts are not all agree on the causes of death. Health authorities, who want to avoid widespread panic, however, confirmed that EV71 was concerned, traces of the virus being found in the victim's throat. His body is the subject of an autopsy, and discovered the virus is being analyzed to see if it has not mutated. According to the July 24 edition of the newspaper, more than 14,000 cases were reported MPMB in the country yesterday.
In Phnom Penh, the Phnom Penh Post reports that the case of a three year old child with the disease was confirmed on the community site of Borey Keila, where hundreds of families evicted several months ago as well as live evil in makeshift tents and in unsanitary conditions
http://asie-info.fr/2012/07/24/thailande-des-petits-cambodgiens-renvoyes-dans-leur-pays-57121.html
July 24, 2012
A hundred street children were expelled by the Thai authorities to Poipet. EV71 virus has killed a little Thai in Bangkok.The little beggars expelled to the border post 21 and July 22 had a high fever, symptoms of infectious disease Hand, foot and mouth (MPMB) that killed sixty children in Cambodia since April , reported the Phnom Penh Post newspaper of 23 July.
Thai authorities were acting as part of a national campaign to prevent the disease and started on July 20 to screen children to cross the Cambodian border. But their Cambodian counterparts denounced overzealous. "The Thai authorities are afraid of the spread of EV71 [enterovirus that causes the disease] Thai children at the border, and therefore they provide a free medical examination and drug Cambodian children," said the newspaper Keo Sopheaktra, the director of health department of the province of Banteay Meanchey. "But they do not have the disease. They have a simple fever can be treated with simple medication. "
According to Thai media, some 300 Cambodian children taken by the Thai side their parents would have received free medical examination.
For its part, the daily Bangkok Post reported July 23 that a little girl of two and a half years died July 18 at a hospital in Bangkok, the first death attributed to MPMB this year in Thailand. His lungs, his heart and his brain would have been achieved, but it did not have the common symptoms of blisters on hands, feet and mouth, and experts are not all agree on the causes of death. Health authorities, who want to avoid widespread panic, however, confirmed that EV71 was concerned, traces of the virus being found in the victim's throat. His body is the subject of an autopsy, and discovered the virus is being analyzed to see if it has not mutated. According to the July 24 edition of the newspaper, more than 14,000 cases were reported MPMB in the country yesterday.
In Phnom Penh, the Phnom Penh Post reports that the case of a three year old child with the disease was confirmed on the community site of Borey Keila, where hundreds of families evicted several months ago as well as live evil in makeshift tents and in unsanitary conditions
http://asie-info.fr/2012/07/24/thailande-des-petits-cambodgiens-renvoyes-dans-leur-pays-57121.html
2 More Cambodian Kids Killed by Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease over Weekend
2 More Cambodian Kids Killed by Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease over Weekend
2012-07-24 19:34:04 Xinhua Web Editor: Liuyuanhui
| Three more Cambodian children were tested positive for Enterovirus 71 (EV-71) over the weekend and two of them were killed by the disease, bringing the death toll to 56 since April, a senior health official said Tuesday. Ly Sovann, deputy director of the Health Ministry's communicable disease control department, told Xinhua that the two dead children were in Kampong Cham province, some 124 km east of Phnom Penh, and the other one is recovering from the disease at the Kantha Bopha Children's Hospital in Siem Reap province... . http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/07/24/2561s713441.htm |
Thailand girl caught the B5 type of Enterovirus 71
He said the girl caught the B5 type of Enterovirus 71, which was usually not very dangerous.
Virologists and experts will today hold a meeting to determine the exact cause of the girl's death.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Experts-to-examine-cause-of-two-year-old-girls-dea-30186801.html
Thailand confirms 1st death this year from childhood virus raging throughout Asia #EV71
Thailand confirms 1st death this year from childhood virus raging throughout Asia
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand has confirmed its first fatality this year from
a virus that has killed hundreds of children across Asia.
The 2-year-old girl who died at a Bangkok hospital last week had a form of hand, foot and mouth disease known as enterovirus 71 strain, or EV-71..
The 2-year-old girl who died at a Bangkok hospital last week had a form of hand, foot and mouth disease known as enterovirus 71 strain, or EV-71..
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/thailand-confirms-1st-death-this-year-from-childhood-virus-raging-throughout-asia-1.890629#ixzz21Xls9rMx
Thailand confirms death from raging child virus #EV71
Thailand confirms death from raging child virus
July 24, 2012 02:23 PM
Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Health/2012/Jul-24/181796-thailand-confirms-death-from-raging-child-virus.ashx#ixzz21XkASXqS
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July 24, 2012 02:23 PM
BANGKOK: Thailand has confirmed its first fatality this year from a virus
that has killed hundreds of children across Asia.
The 2-year-old girl who died at a Bangkok hospital last week had a form of hand, foot and mouth disease known as enterovirus 71 strain, or EV-71. The disease is common among children ages 2 to 5 and is usually mild. But the severe form of the illness caused more than 400 deaths in the first half of this year in China, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Disease Control Department senior adviser Doctor Prasert Thongcharoen said Tuesday that laboratory tests showed the Thai girl was more vulnerable because she also had asthma.
The Public Health Ministry said about 16,000 children in Thailand contracted hand, foot and mouth disease this year.
The 2-year-old girl who died at a Bangkok hospital last week had a form of hand, foot and mouth disease known as enterovirus 71 strain, or EV-71. The disease is common among children ages 2 to 5 and is usually mild. But the severe form of the illness caused more than 400 deaths in the first half of this year in China, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Disease Control Department senior adviser Doctor Prasert Thongcharoen said Tuesday that laboratory tests showed the Thai girl was more vulnerable because she also had asthma.
The Public Health Ministry said about 16,000 children in Thailand contracted hand, foot and mouth disease this year.
Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Health/2012/Jul-24/181796-thailand-confirms-death-from-raging-child-virus.ashx#ixzz21XkASXqS
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
Thailand- #EV71 case 'no cause for panic'
The Nation July 23, 2012 1:00 am
Department of Disease Control chief Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangsan yesterday advised the public not to panic over the discovery that a toddler had died at a Bangkok hospital from an Enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection.
Pornthep said the Nopparat Hospital had sent the virus found in the 2-year-old for analysis at the Department of Medical Sciences.
Pornthep advised parents to take early hospital treatment if they suspected their child was infected, otherwise it could be too late to fight it.
Department spokesman, Dr Wattana Uwanit, said officials are testing if the virus found in the body of the toddler had undergone a significant mutation that might cause it to become more viral...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/EV71-case-no-cause-for-panic-30186748.html
Thailand-HFMD virus tested for mutation #EV71
PM and doctors warn against health panic
- Published: 23/07/2012 at 01:38 AM
A sample of Enterovirus-71, or EV-71, is being tested for
mutation after it was found in the body of a toddler suspected of being the
first fatal case of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Thailand this
year.
Department of Medical Sciences spokesman Wattana U-wanich said the agency is testing for mutations of the virus as part of a normal procedure.
"The testing is a normal procedure because viruses are always changing and evolving. Significant changes may make it easier for a person to get infected," Dr Wattana said.
The two-and-a-half-year girl died on Wednesday at Bangkok's Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital.
A throat culture exhibited EV-71 but a lumbar puncture test and stool examination did not reveal the strain.
The results will be submitted to the Department of Disease Control (DDC), which will decide on the actions to be taken, Dr Wattana said.
Dr Wattana said EV-71 is not new to Thailand and a number of strains of HFMD are known to cause serious complications, including heart and respiratory problems.
EV-71 is one of the two most common causes of HFMD. The other virus is Coxsackie A.
The toddler had showed no related symptoms of the disease, such as blisters on the hands, feet and mouth or any rash. She suffered damage to her heart, lungs and brain.
Pornthep Siriwanarangsan, DDC's director general, said the cause of the girl's death will be discussed at a meeting on Wednesday.
He said that the media should not jump to any conclusions until the cause is clearly established.
He urged the media to focus news coverage on vigilance against HFMD and called on families to take children exhibiting symptoms to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid serious complications.
"One lesson learned from this case is that the sooner a patient sees a doctor, the better," he said.
Dr Pornthep also stressed that there was no need to panic following the girl's death.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the HFMD situation is under control.
Ms Yingluck said she was closely monitoring the outbreak of the disease and had received no report of HFMD-related fatalities.
Meanwhile, health authorities across the country are stepping up vigilance against an outbreak of the disease, especially at kindergartens and childcare centres.
In Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district, people entering the country from Myanmar are being screened for fever and advised to maintain personal hygiene to prevent spreading HFMD.
In Phichit, health officials are conducting spot checks for HFMD at childcare centres and kindergartens.
Children under five are being screened for fever and sent to the hospital if they have high temperature, even if they have no mouth sores or rash.
In Ubon Ratchathani, Na Tan hospital yesterday reported three suspected cases of HFMD.
Akaraphuchit Palanant, a doctor at the hospital, said the three children are under observation and will have to undergo further screenings.
He also warned of a possible outbreak of swine flu, saying it tends to occur during this time of the year.
Dr Akaraphuchit recommended following good hygiene practices such as frequently washing hands, saying this was a really simple step that reduced the risk of contracting the disease.
Deadly virus found in 2-year-old girl who died: Thailand #EV71
Sunday, Jul 22, 2012
The deadly Enterovirus 71 has been found in the throat of a two-year-old who died at a Bangkok hospital last week although the child had no symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).
Dr Passakorn Chaiwanich, director of Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital, where the girl died, said yesterday that doctors found the deadly virus - responsible for the death of dozens of Cambodian children recently - in the Thai girl's throat but no symptoms had been recognised. He said that the virus attacked the victim's lungs, brain and heart.
Permanent Secretary for Health Paijit Warachit had said on Thursday that the girl's death, on that same day, was not caused by the HFMD contagion..
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120722-360538.html
Vietnam-Hai Duong announced #bird flu #H5N1
(VNA) - Hai Duong province announced bird flu in Vinh Lap Thanh Ha district.
Earlier, on 16/7, a number of rural households in Tu, Vinh Lap with chickens, ducks scattered dead. Provincial Veterinary Department took samples sent for testing at two veterinary centers of Hai Phong, the results were positive for H5N1 virus.
Immediately after the outbreak occurs, animal health and force people in the region were destroyed and 4,000 poultry up two checkpoints in Vinh Lap, preventing the transport of livestock and poultry passing through area. / . http://vov.vn/Home/Hai-Duong-cong-bo-dich-cum-gia-cam/20127/218047.vov
Earlier, on 16/7, a number of rural households in Tu, Vinh Lap with chickens, ducks scattered dead. Provincial Veterinary Department took samples sent for testing at two veterinary centers of Hai Phong, the results were positive for H5N1 virus.
Immediately after the outbreak occurs, animal health and force people in the region were destroyed and 4,000 poultry up two checkpoints in Vinh Lap, preventing the transport of livestock and poultry passing through area. / . http://vov.vn/Home/Hai-Duong-cong-bo-dich-cum-gia-cam/20127/218047.vov
Saturday, July 21, 2012
The hospital ship USNS Mercy will be in Cambodia on July 29
The hospital ship USNS Mercy will be in Cambodia on
July 29. The medical team will provide free medical services including
optometry, dental, pediatrics, and general medicine.
Medical services will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the following locations:
Jul 29 – Aug 2 Hun Sen Cheungkor Primary School, Sihanoukville
Jul 30 – Aug 1 Som Dach Out High School, Takeo
Aug 2 – Aug 6 Kandol Dom Primary School, Kampung Speu
Aug 4 – Aug 8 Hun Sen Chamyeam Junior High, Koh Kong
Veterinary services for small animals, immunizations, spaying and neutering, etc., will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the dates listed below:
Jul 30 – Aug 2 Kandol Dom Primary School, Kampung Speu
Aug 4 – Aug 9 Hun Sen Cheungkor Primary School, SihanoukvilleSee More
Medical services will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the following locations:
Jul 29 – Aug 2 Hun Sen Cheungkor Primary School, Sihanoukville
Jul 30 – Aug 1 Som Dach Out High School, Takeo
Aug 2 – Aug 6 Kandol Dom Primary School, Kampung Speu
Aug 4 – Aug 8 Hun Sen Chamyeam Junior High, Koh Kong
Veterinary services for small animals, immunizations, spaying and neutering, etc., will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the dates listed below:
Jul 30 – Aug 2 Kandol Dom Primary School, Kampung Speu
Aug 4 – Aug 9 Hun Sen Cheungkor Primary School, SihanoukvilleSee More
Cambodi-Education ministry faces flak for closures #EV71
Education ministry faces flak for closures
A number of
factors were weighed when making Wednesday’s decision to close all of Cambodia’s
primary schools and kindergartens in an bid to stymie the spread of EV71, but
the Ministry of Health’s opinion does not appear to have been one of
them.
Dr Ly Sovann, deputy director of the Communicable Disease Control Department of the Ministry of Health, said that his ministry had not counselled the Ministry of Education to shutter the nation’s classrooms.
“No. It is not recommended by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization,” Sovann said via text message.
In fact, education officials said, the Ministry of Education didn’t even consult with the Ministry of Health in making its decision – at least not in person.
Pen Saroeun, director of the School Health Department of the Ministry of Education, said yesterday that the decision was based solely on media reports, teachers’ concerns and online materials from the Ministry of Health and the WHO....
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072057538/National-news/ministry-faces-flak-for-closures.html
- Friday, 20 July 2012
Children wait to be picked up
from a school in Phnom Penh after kindergarten and primary schools were closed
on Wednesday. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post
Dr Ly Sovann, deputy director of the Communicable Disease Control Department of the Ministry of Health, said that his ministry had not counselled the Ministry of Education to shutter the nation’s classrooms.
“No. It is not recommended by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization,” Sovann said via text message.
In fact, education officials said, the Ministry of Education didn’t even consult with the Ministry of Health in making its decision – at least not in person.
Pen Saroeun, director of the School Health Department of the Ministry of Education, said yesterday that the decision was based solely on media reports, teachers’ concerns and online materials from the Ministry of Health and the WHO....
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072057538/National-news/ministry-faces-flak-for-closures.html
Quang Binh: People are comfortable throwing out the dead poultry #H5N1 #BIRDFLU
..anywhere they want..
21/07/2012 19:25:00
Nearly two weeks now, many localities in the province of Quang Binh H5N1 avian influenza has spread rapidly. Some communes in Quang Ninh and Le Thuy thousands of birds have died from the disease. Remarkably, despite bird flu spreads quickly, but in the market chickens and ducks are still sold rampant. Many farmers have to duck. The checkpoints were established in villages, districts do not operate effectively by relevant functional departments in Quang Binh does not translate into an aggressive stop.
Is more dangerous than where chickens and ducks have been people killed up to protect the load full throw. At Back then, the An Ninh, Quang Ninh, just one day, commune authorities have recovered more than 70 bags of ducks and chickens died. Many landfills in villages, communes identify chickens, ducks die throw stink sprawling concentration anonymously.
For the situation that is due to the Veterinary Department of Quang Binh province and local governments in the province in preventing bladder, stamping out
21/07/2012 19:25:00
Nearly two weeks now, many localities in the province of Quang Binh H5N1 avian influenza has spread rapidly. Some communes in Quang Ninh and Le Thuy thousands of birds have died from the disease. Remarkably, despite bird flu spreads quickly, but in the market chickens and ducks are still sold rampant. Many farmers have to duck. The checkpoints were established in villages, districts do not operate effectively by relevant functional departments in Quang Binh does not translate into an aggressive stop.
Is more dangerous than where chickens and ducks have been people killed up to protect the load full throw. At Back then, the An Ninh, Quang Ninh, just one day, commune authorities have recovered more than 70 bags of ducks and chickens died. Many landfills in villages, communes identify chickens, ducks die throw stink sprawling concentration anonymously.
For the situation that is due to the Veterinary Department of Quang Binh province and local governments in the province in preventing bladder, stamping out
Deadly Enterovirus 71 strain found in 2-year-old girl who died last week, hospital admits #EV71
Deadly Enterovirus 71 strain found in 2-year-old girl who died last week,
hospital admits
Dr Passakorn Chaiwanich, director of Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital, where the girl died, said yesterday that doctors found the deadly virus - responsible for the death of dozens of Cambodian children recently - in the Thai girl's throat but no symptoms had been recognised. He said that the virus attacked the victim's lungs, brain and heart.
Permanent Secretary for Health Paijit Warachit had said on Thursday that the girl's death, on that same day, was not caused by the HFMD contagion.
Passakorn said that the hospital and Public Health Ministry did not intend to conceal the truth, as the hospital's initial check did not find the virus. It was later found that Enterovirus 71 attacked the victim's lungs, brain and heart.
"Also, we found Enterovirus 71 four or five years ago that killed a patient. Normally, 10 per cent of people infected with this kind of virus succumb to the disease as it can spread to many physical systems in the patients quickly," he said.
However, the Public Health Ministry has not confirmed that she died from HFMD. Dr Paijit said the lab test result of the hospital showing the exact cause of the girl's death would be handed to the ministry, then it would be considered by a committee of virus experts next week to finally conclude if she died from HFMD. The consideration would be based on epidemiology, clinical symptoms and the lab-test result.
In related news, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials are closely monitoring the HFMD outbreak. It has issued five measures to prevent the spread of the disease, including checking all children's health before they enter nurseries, schools and amusement parks in shopping malls in "risky areas".
It plans to separate patients suspected of being infected with HFMD for seven days, to clean toys, utensils and places, give out information on how to prevent the disease being spread to relevant officers, parents and people, as well as give treatments to HFMD patients according to the ministry's guidelines.
In Kanchanaburi, four more children have been found with HFMD. So far, 338 people in this province have caught the disease.
Officials in Si Sa Ket's Phu Sing district have strictly screened Cambodian children travelling through the Chong Sangam border crossing point with their parents to see if they have the disease.
With Cambodia having closed primary schools and kindergartens for two months to stop the spread of HFMD, more Cambodian children have accompanied their parents who cross the border to Thailand.
Authorities at the four border checkpoints in Sa Kaeo province have been seriously checking Cambodian children. Any found with the flu have been refused entry into Thailand until a hospital in Cambodia issues a document guaranteeing that they have not got HFMD. They are also providing hand gel for all Cambodians to clean their hands before entering Thailand.
So far, the authorities have not found Enterovirus 71 infection among any such children.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Deadly-Enterovirus-71-strain-found-in-2-year-old-g-30186712.html
The deadly Enterovirus 71 has been found in the throat of a two-year-old who died at a Bangkok hospital last week although the child had no symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).
Dr Passakorn Chaiwanich, director of Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital, where the girl died, said yesterday that doctors found the deadly virus - responsible for the death of dozens of Cambodian children recently - in the Thai girl's throat but no symptoms had been recognised. He said that the virus attacked the victim's lungs, brain and heart.
Permanent Secretary for Health Paijit Warachit had said on Thursday that the girl's death, on that same day, was not caused by the HFMD contagion.
Passakorn said that the hospital and Public Health Ministry did not intend to conceal the truth, as the hospital's initial check did not find the virus. It was later found that Enterovirus 71 attacked the victim's lungs, brain and heart.
"Also, we found Enterovirus 71 four or five years ago that killed a patient. Normally, 10 per cent of people infected with this kind of virus succumb to the disease as it can spread to many physical systems in the patients quickly," he said.
However, the Public Health Ministry has not confirmed that she died from HFMD. Dr Paijit said the lab test result of the hospital showing the exact cause of the girl's death would be handed to the ministry, then it would be considered by a committee of virus experts next week to finally conclude if she died from HFMD. The consideration would be based on epidemiology, clinical symptoms and the lab-test result.
In related news, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials are closely monitoring the HFMD outbreak. It has issued five measures to prevent the spread of the disease, including checking all children's health before they enter nurseries, schools and amusement parks in shopping malls in "risky areas".
It plans to separate patients suspected of being infected with HFMD for seven days, to clean toys, utensils and places, give out information on how to prevent the disease being spread to relevant officers, parents and people, as well as give treatments to HFMD patients according to the ministry's guidelines.
In Kanchanaburi, four more children have been found with HFMD. So far, 338 people in this province have caught the disease.
Officials in Si Sa Ket's Phu Sing district have strictly screened Cambodian children travelling through the Chong Sangam border crossing point with their parents to see if they have the disease.
With Cambodia having closed primary schools and kindergartens for two months to stop the spread of HFMD, more Cambodian children have accompanied their parents who cross the border to Thailand.
Authorities at the four border checkpoints in Sa Kaeo province have been seriously checking Cambodian children. Any found with the flu have been refused entry into Thailand until a hospital in Cambodia issues a document guaranteeing that they have not got HFMD. They are also providing hand gel for all Cambodians to clean their hands before entering Thailand.
So far, the authorities have not found Enterovirus 71 infection among any such children.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Deadly-Enterovirus-71-strain-found-in-2-year-old-g-30186712.html
Russia bans Mexican poultry product imports
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor) has imposed temporary restrictions on the import of poultry products from Mexico, due to the recent outbreak of bird flu in the country.
Philippine gov't confirms infant infected with Enterovirus-71
Friday, 20 July 2012 13:39
MANILA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Friday a case of a one-year-and-seven-month-old boy infected with Enterovirus-71 (EV-71), an illness that killed at least 52 children in Cambodia.
Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the infant, who came from the southern city of Davao, was one of the eight suspected hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported to the DOH. HFMD is also caused by Enterovirus, including EV-71.
But the health chief said the boy survived from the illness.
"The boy developed fever and rashes on his hands, soles of feet, mouth, and buttocks last July 6. The boy had no history of travel outside the country. A consultation was sought at a local health facility. He was sent home and has since recovered very well. No other cases were reported in their household nor in the community, " Ona said.
He said that of the eight suspected HFMD cases, six tested positive for the screening test. After the confirmatory test, all but one was negative for EV-71. These will be further tested for Coxsackie A16, which is also associated with HFMD.
Ona reminded the public to be vigilant to prevent any illness.
"Prevention relies on individual personal hygiene and hand washing; shared toys or teaching tools in daycare should be cleaned, washed and disinfected as they easily become contaminated, " he said. http://www.dap-news.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9408:philippine-govt-confirms-infant-infected-with-enterovirus-71&catid=1:local-news&Itemid=18
Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the infant, who came from the southern city of Davao, was one of the eight suspected hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported to the DOH. HFMD is also caused by Enterovirus, including EV-71.
But the health chief said the boy survived from the illness.
"The boy developed fever and rashes on his hands, soles of feet, mouth, and buttocks last July 6. The boy had no history of travel outside the country. A consultation was sought at a local health facility. He was sent home and has since recovered very well. No other cases were reported in their household nor in the community, " Ona said.
He said that of the eight suspected HFMD cases, six tested positive for the screening test. After the confirmatory test, all but one was negative for EV-71. These will be further tested for Coxsackie A16, which is also associated with HFMD.
Ona reminded the public to be vigilant to prevent any illness.
"Prevention relies on individual personal hygiene and hand washing; shared toys or teaching tools in daycare should be cleaned, washed and disinfected as they easily become contaminated, " he said. http://www.dap-news.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9408:philippine-govt-confirms-infant-infected-with-enterovirus-71&catid=1:local-news&Itemid=18
CDC: Whooping cough cases may be most in 5 decades
ATLANTA — Health officials say the nation is on track to have the worst year for whooping cough in more than five decades.
Nearly 18,000 cases have been reported so far — more than twice the number seen at this point last year. At this pace, the number of whooping cough cases will surpass every year since 1959.
"There is a lot of this out there, and there may be more coming to a place near you," Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Wisconsin and Washington state each have reported more than 3,000 cases, and high numbers have been seen in a number of other states, including New York, Minnesota, Kansas and Arizona.
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial disease. It leads to severe coughing that causes children to make a distinctive whooping sound as they gasp for breath. In rare cases it can be fatal, and nine children have died so far this year.
Children get vaccinated against whooping cough in five doses, with the first shot at age 2 months and the final one between 4 and 6 years. Then a booster is recommended around age 11. The vaccine's protection does wane and health officials have debated moving up the booster shot.
The CDC is urging adults and especially pregnant women to get vaccinated so they don't spread it to infants who are too young to get the vaccine.
Whooping cough used to cause hundreds of thousands of illnesses a year but cases fell after a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s. Starting in the late 1960s, fewer than 5,000 cases were reported annually in the United States, for a stretch of about 25 years. But the numbers started to rise in the 1990s. http://online.wsj.com/article/APae1ad7cd922e440eb33dc460e3abe635.html
Quang Binh:3 arrested for selling infected Ducks #H5N1 #BIRDFLU
..Then they escape
Quang Binh:Snap 3 objects spread H5N1 flu germs
(AP) - On 21/7, from Quang Ninh district People's Committee said that this DPC has asked the district police offices on the urgency, arrest 3 objects display in local pandemic flu spread H5N1.
Subjects include: Nguyen Cong Ty (40), Nguyen Cong Hung (35) and Le Cong Son (20), all residing in the village of Thong Nhat, An Ninh, Quang Ninh district (Quang Binh).
Before that, 3 have to object on the H5N1 flu is spreading in the locality where the ducks died translate to stealing tens of diseased ducks into the rural areas there is no disease that librarians and Kim complaint (social Security) to sell or profit.
When being transported and sold duck disease, these objects have been discovered and commune police arrest. However, the above object escape and flee the area.
Authorities are also considering to conduct prosecutions. http://dantri.com.vn/c170/s170-621293/truy-bat-3-doi-tuong-phat-tan-mam-benh-dich-cum-h5n1.htm
Quang Binh:Snap 3 objects spread H5N1 flu germs
(AP) - On 21/7, from Quang Ninh district People's Committee said that this DPC has asked the district police offices on the urgency, arrest 3 objects display in local pandemic flu spread H5N1.
Subjects include: Nguyen Cong Ty (40), Nguyen Cong Hung (35) and Le Cong Son (20), all residing in the village of Thong Nhat, An Ninh, Quang Ninh district (Quang Binh).
Before that, 3 have to object on the H5N1 flu is spreading in the locality where the ducks died translate to stealing tens of diseased ducks into the rural areas there is no disease that librarians and Kim complaint (social Security) to sell or profit.
When being transported and sold duck disease, these objects have been discovered and commune police arrest. However, the above object escape and flee the area.
Authorities are also considering to conduct prosecutions. http://dantri.com.vn/c170/s170-621293/truy-bat-3-doi-tuong-phat-tan-mam-benh-dich-cum-h5n1.htm
Quang Binh river chickens #H5N1 #BIRDFLU
Quang Binh province indifferent to bird flu
RFA
2012-07-20
The district in Quang Binh province announced positive results for avian influenza. Le Thuy district, Quang Ninh Province Veterinary Department was announced HPAI. However, many of her children, even the local authorities still subjective to the news.
Reflected in the national press many relatives in the area poultry flu still drop out and no way of handling dead poultry safer. The farmers here are throwing out the dead body of poultry or float the river, making the risk of spreading disease is higher.
Some farmers in An Thuy, Hoa Thuy Le Thuy district and commune of Van Ninh district, Quang Ninh also reflect that although the agency has notified the local characteristics that are more chickens and ducks died, but the dignitaries here still no resolution measure.
Also related news, police, Hoang Mai District, Hanoi Tuesday July 18 had discovered a truck carrying four tonnes of smuggled chickens. The number of about 2 thousands of chickens have not been quarantined and unknown origin are included in Hanoi for consumption is detected. http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/vietnamnews/quang-binh-civilians-pay-no-attn-to-h5n1-virus-07202012144728.html
RFA
2012-07-20
The district in Quang Binh province announced positive results for avian influenza. Le Thuy district, Quang Ninh Province Veterinary Department was announced HPAI. However, many of her children, even the local authorities still subjective to the news.
Reflected in the national press many relatives in the area poultry flu still drop out and no way of handling dead poultry safer. The farmers here are throwing out the dead body of poultry or float the river, making the risk of spreading disease is higher.
Some farmers in An Thuy, Hoa Thuy Le Thuy district and commune of Van Ninh district, Quang Ninh also reflect that although the agency has notified the local characteristics that are more chickens and ducks died, but the dignitaries here still no resolution measure.
Also related news, police, Hoang Mai District, Hanoi Tuesday July 18 had discovered a truck carrying four tonnes of smuggled chickens. The number of about 2 thousands of chickens have not been quarantined and unknown origin are included in Hanoi for consumption is detected. http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/vietnamnews/quang-binh-civilians-pay-no-attn-to-h5n1-virus-07202012144728.html
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The killer virus panic closed the schools in Cambodia #EV71 #HFMD
HAT TIP TO PATHFINDER
The killer virus panic closed the schools in Cambodia
The information ministry has decided to close all kindergartens and primary schools of the kingdom for fear of an epidemic of the disease Hand, foot and mouth caused by Enterovirus 71 ( EV71 ). . "We know that the disease is dangerous for children, so we asked permission from the Prime Minister to allow them to stop ahead of schedule [holiday]," said Secretary of State for Education Van Mak, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
The decision was taken to the large number of colds reported in nine provinces, raising fears of a spread. High fever and severe breathing difficulties are indeed part of the symptoms of which the World Health confirmed July 12 that it was indeed a virulent form of the disease Hand, foot and mouth, usually benign
Since April, about sixty young children - 52 according to the WHO and the Ministry of Health hospitals and 64 according to Kantha Bopha - were struck down by the virus, creating panic in the country neighbors . Thailand, in particular, refuses access to its territory to Cambodian children on its border markets and has also closed schools in Bangkok.
In Cambodia, WHO said that closing schools at this stage was not necessary and reminded doctors not to use drugs against-productive as cortisone. «"For WHO, it is clear that steroids should be avoided, especially for viral infections, because they mask the symptoms and make things more difficult," said the Phnom Penh Post Sonny Krishnan, head of communications of WHO in the kingdom. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fasie-info.fr%2F2012%2F07%2F18%2Fla-panique-du-virus-tueur-fait-fermer-les-ecoles-au-cambodge-56906.html
The killer virus panic closed the schools in Cambodia
All kindergartens and primary schools in Cambodia have been closed on July 18. Officials fear an outbreak of EV71, has killed 60 children in the country.
The information ministry has decided to close all kindergartens and primary schools of the kingdom for fear of an epidemic of the disease Hand, foot and mouth caused by Enterovirus 71 ( EV71 ). . "We know that the disease is dangerous for children, so we asked permission from the Prime Minister to allow them to stop ahead of schedule [holiday]," said Secretary of State for Education Van Mak, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post newspaper. 
The decision was taken to the large number of colds reported in nine provinces, raising fears of a spread. High fever and severe breathing difficulties are indeed part of the symptoms of which the World Health confirmed July 12 that it was indeed a virulent form of the disease Hand, foot and mouth, usually benign
Since April, about sixty young children - 52 according to the WHO and the Ministry of Health hospitals and 64 according to Kantha Bopha - were struck down by the virus, creating panic in the country neighbors . Thailand, in particular, refuses access to its territory to Cambodian children on its border markets and has also closed schools in Bangkok.
In Cambodia, WHO said that closing schools at this stage was not necessary and reminded doctors not to use drugs against-productive as cortisone. «"For WHO, it is clear that steroids should be avoided, especially for viral infections, because they mask the symptoms and make things more difficult," said the Phnom Penh Post Sonny Krishnan, head of communications of WHO in the kingdom. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fasie-info.fr%2F2012%2F07%2F18%2Fla-panique-du-virus-tueur-fait-fermer-les-ecoles-au-cambodge-56906.html
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
So far 3.8 million have been slaughtered poultry from bird flu
For now, add 9.3 million more are infected farms in Jalisco, reported the National Health Service
Colima prohibits the passage of birds from Jalisco
GUADALAJARA, July 17. - Some 3.8 million birds have died and 9.3 million are infected so far by an outbreak of bird flu in farms in Jalisco, Mexican authorities reported today.
In its latest report, the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) explained that these animals have died from the disease or have been culled to prevent the spread of the virus.
"3.8 million birds have been depopulated under the most stringent safety protocols that establish the international animal health, allowing the containment of the virus," said the health unit.
From a flock of birds 16.5 million remaining in the municipalities of Acatic Tepatitlán and where did the epidemic, 9.3 million contracted the disease, there was the SENASICA.
He also said that until yesterday had reviewed 253 of which 33 were confirmed in the presence of the virus, 82 were negative and the rest "continue the process of diagnosis."
The Mexican agency announced that it initiated a review of farm fence outside the perimeter of health in the two municipalities implemented on 18 June, when they detected the first outbreak of the epidemic.
The SENASICA did not detail how many new facilities are subject to inspection, or if they involve more people of Jalisco.
Reliance announced that Avimex laboratories, Iasa and Ceva are making the 80 million doses of vaccine produced in Mexico to immunize 40 million birds in the first stage, which "will be available later this month."
In the first three weeks, the deaths of some 2.5 million birds in the outbreak of bird flu had left economic losses estimated at 50 million dollars in various productive sectors in Mexico, told EFE International Egg Commission .
According to the Association of Poultry Farmers of Tepatitlán, one of the municipalities included in the siege continued health epidemic could be lost about 32 thousand direct and indirect. "jobs"
According to the National Poultry Union, Mexico produces about 2.5 million tons of eggs and 1.2 million tonnes of broiler meat per year.http://excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=...id_nota=848325
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