It's been settled on another thread...we are going to send Kerry, Fonda and Ramsey Clark to 'investigate'. Kerry can finally get to wear his bunny suit.
Posted on 02/02/2005 6:41:49 PM PST by Mother Abigail
The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has today reported one further laboratory confirmed case of human infection with H5 avian influenza. The 25-year-old woman was from Kampot Province in Cambodia, where she developed respiratory symptoms on 21 January 2005. She sought medical care in neighbouring Viet Nam on 27 January and died in Kien Giang Provincial hospital in Viet Nam on 30 January. Tests undertaken at the Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam on 1 February were positive for influenza A/H5. She is the first human case of H5 infection reported from Cambodia.
A joint mission of the Cambodian Ministries of Health and of Agriculture and of WHO is in Kampot Province, investigating the circumstances surrounding this case.
Three more people are reported to have died of H5N1 avian influenza in Viet Nam. Among them, figure the 13-year-old and 10-year-old girls announced previously. Both children resided in different southern provinces. The third death occurred on 27 January in a man in his 30's from the northern province of Phu Tho.
If confirmed by the Ministry of Health, these latest three cases will bring the total number of human H5N1 cases in Viet Nam, excluding the case from Cambodia reported above, identified since mid-December to thirteen. Twelve of these cases have been fatal
oh good, another flu scare and you're back posting!
I guess now that the election is over and Courage has been banned, we need a chicken little corner at free republic.
Vietnam reported another avian influenza infection on Wed 2 Feb 2005 in an outbreak that has killed 13 people over the past month.
A 24-year-old man from Hanoi was admitted to the city's Bach Mai hospital on 25 Jan 2005 with a high fever and cough before testing positive for the H5N1 serotype of the virus.
The latest infection suggests the disease is resurging after an outbreak last year spread to 10 Asian countries, forcing the slaughter of more than 100 million birds. The biggest concern is that the virus may mutate into a form easily spread from person-to-person, potentially sparking a pandemic. Most cases so far have been traced to sick poultry and there is no evidence that the disease has altered.
On Tue 1 Feb 2005, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Animal Health Organization warned that the region was especially vulnerable to the spread of avian influenza after the 26 Dec 2004 tsunami -- with concerns that infected poultry could be delivered to survivors in countries battered by killer waves.
Avian influenza has jumped to humans in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, where a total of 45 people have died since the beginning of last year. There have been 16 bird flu cases in Viet Nam alone since 30 Dec 2004, 12 of which were fatal.
An international conference on bird flu will be held in Ho Chi Minh City later this month, a follow up to last year's meeting in Bangkok.
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Vietnam reported a 24-year-old man from capital Hanoi, who was hospitalized on 25 Jan 2005, was infected with avian influenza virus H5N1, raising the total number of bird flu infections in the country since late December 2004 to 17.
According to initial testing by the National Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute, samples from our 24-year-old patient were tested positive to H5N1.
The man, who needed respiratory assistance after being admitted to the Tropical Disease Institute, is now recovering rapidly.
The institute is treating a total of 9 patients, including 3 H5N1 carriers. 2 carriers are scheduled to be discharged on 7 Feb 2005, local doctors said, noting that 6 suspected cases are waiting for testing results from the National Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute.
The European Commission, on Tue 1 Feb 2005, pledged to offer Vietnam 600 000 euros [nearly 788 000 US dollars] for the country's purchase of first-aid and experiment equipment to deal with human bird flu infections. Ho Chi Minh City plans to exempt hospital fees for bird flu victims, since daily treatment costs each patient up to 2-3 million Vietnamese dong [127 to 191 dollars].
In a move to curb the spread of bird flu, the municipal authorities have already decided to stop raising fowls, including fighting cocks, in its urban districts from 6 Feb 2005, and to halt the raising of ducks city-wide for one year from 7 Feb 2005 after turning live ducks into frozen meat and culling affected ones.
Avian influenza, since January [2005], has stricken 33 out of 64 cities and provinces in Vietnam, killing and leading to the forced culling of nearly 1.2 million poultry, according to the country's Department of Animal Health. The disease has hit 17 local people, of whom 12 have died, since late December 2004.
You know what's good for the bird flu? Chicken soup.
'I guess now that the election is over and Courage has been banned, we need a chicken little corner at free republic.'
you don't know what you are talking about. epidemiologists all over the world expect/dread the next pandemic to be following just this scenario, with such a bird/human transmission.
Let flashbunny be. Some posters have no interest in emerging diseases until the government tells them there's nothing to fear.
Those of us who know how emerging flu viruses in the far east make the species jump to humans year after year and reach our shores in about the length of time it takes to fly here on a plane, we will keep track of things.
ok. but the lessons of 1918, 1957?, etc., are difficult to comprehend, and outside of a "24" script, most people aren't ready to consider the reality. not that there's much we could do about it....
I love your tag line...
No significant species jump of H5N1 to human-to-human transmission will take place without the news getting out. You and I and a few others will know what that means, and we'll be posting. Anyone who thinks we're raving nutters is free to disregard the information, right? No problem.
Thank you for posting. It's reassuring to know you are keeping us up to date. I appreciate having you on FR, and I'm not the only one.
HANOI - Officials in Ho Chi Minh City have begun slaughtering ducks in an increasingly desperate fight to halt the spread of the deadly bird flu virus that has killed 13 people in Vietnam in the last month.
Health workers and inspectors headed to farms to collect ducks, which can carry the H5N1 virus without showing symptoms, as well as pigeons being raised for food.
Also on Wednesday, a 24-year-old Vietnamese man tested positive for bird flu, becoming the 18th confirmed case since the virus reappeared in the country in December.
Health authorities say his condition has improved since he was admitted to hospital in Hanoi last week and he is now in a stable condition.
The report comes a day after a Vietnamese doctor confirmed the death of the first Cambodian in waves of outbreaks that have now killed 45 people over the past year.
World Health Organization officials have headed to the Cambodian province of Kampot, which abuts Vietnam, to investigate the area the Cambodian woman came from.
Cambodian Health Minister Nuth Sokhom says seven of the woman's relatives are being tested for the disease amid reports that some of them are showing symptoms. He says blood samples have been taken from the seven at the Phnom Penh Pasteur Institute.
Animal health officials are testing 13 birds in the area, and have culled 37 of the family's chickens and ducks.
Most of the flu's victims, so far, have been Vietnamese. The virus has also killed 12 Thais and the Cambodian woman.
The experts say it is now endemic in parts of Asia and the death toll is likely to rise.
with files from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Headlines: Worl
It's been settled on another thread...we are going to send Kerry, Fonda and Ramsey Clark to 'investigate'. Kerry can finally get to wear his bunny suit.
Well, I thank you for taking the time to post this story. I come to FR for the latest news and offbeat stories. Usually I can find allot of stories here to interest and entertain me. Just the way I like it. Thanks again. David
BTW, I have relatives in Asia. So my interest in this part of the world is more than for personal entertainment.
I said the same on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1334744/posts
The flu epidemic hit Halifax Nova Scotia in 1918 and whole streets were wiped out within three ours of the first outbreak. The only thing that finally stopped it was that it mutated into a harmless non communicable strain.
The Andromeda Srain was well ahead of it's time and well worth seeing again.
Thanks for the ping and for keeping us updated.
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