China Steps Up Watch Against Bird Flu

pluiepoco · 11-04-2005, 05:46 PM

China Steps Up Watch Against Bird Flu

Monday, October 31, 2005

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is stepping up surveillance of migratory birds and poultry markets, has canceled pigeon races and stocked up on protective clothing to check the spread of bird flu, a state newspaper said on Monday.

Three areas hit by bird flu in the provinces of Hunan and Anhui and the northern region of Inner Mongolia remained closed to outsiders, the official English-language China Daily said.

Medical staff in eastern Shanghai, the country's financial hub, were being trained to deal with an outbreak and hospitals were stockpiling emergency materials like disinfectant.

China on Friday reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) the death of a 12-year-old girl who ate a diseased chicken in the southern province of Hunan and caught pneumonia, the newspaper added.

The WHO has been pressing China to provide more information on the girl and her 9-year-old brother, who is reported to be in stable condition in hospital, also with pneumonia.

"From the information that we have we do not have details that would enable us to deny or confirm the two cases' links to avian influenza," said Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, WHO's Beijing-based spokeswoman.

"We are in communication with the ministry on a regular basis, but for this case we would need more information," she said.

Officials at the health ministry were not immediately available for comment.

China last week said the girl died of pneumonia, and stressed there had been no human infections of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.

Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG was in talks with Chinese officials about producing the antiviral drug Tamiflu on the mainland, the South China Morning Post said.

Demand has soared in recent weeks for Tamiflu, an antiviral drug approved for use as a treatment but not cure for seasonal flu, amid mounting concerns of a potential flu pandemic that could be caused by H5N1.

The spike in demand led Roche to say it would enter into discussions with other companies, primarily makers of generic or copy cat drugs, and with governments in developing countries over whether they can help produce the drug in part of as a whole.

China has reported no human bird flu infections since the latest H5N1 outbreak first surfaced in Asia in late 2003. Since then, 62 people have died in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia and the virus has spread to Europe.

In the past two weeks China has revealed three outbreaks of the H5N1 virus that killed 3,800 chickens, ducks and geese.

Farmers in China, as in many parts of Asia, live alongside their poultry and other livestock, increasing the chances of the disease spreading to humans, experts say. It also raises the chance of the virus mutating into a form that could spread easily among people, triggering a pandemic. Millions could die.

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theladys · 01-13-2006, 03:12 PM

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chinoise · 01-20-2006, 04:38 AM

The problem is, many people around the world, including the doorman in my building, think it's OK to eat dead birds, despite they die from illness. They think throwing them away is a waste.

pluiepoco · 01-20-2006, 04:56 AM

In traditional Chinese view, to die is not decided by human will.

Chinese don't fear death, like we say, Gai Si Diao Chao Shang

Sorry, I'm not about to rude

11-04-2005, 05:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,192 Blog Entries: 4 pluiepoco came out of the blue	China Steps Up Watch Against Bird Flu China Steps Up Watch Against Bird Flu Monday, October 31, 2005 BEIJING (Reuters) - China is stepping up surveillance of migratory birds and poultry markets, has canceled pigeon races and stocked up on protective clothing to check the spread of bird flu, a state newspaper said on Monday. Three areas hit by bird flu in the provinces of Hunan and Anhui and the northern region of Inner Mongolia remained closed to outsiders, the official English-language China Daily said. Medical staff in eastern Shanghai, the country's financial hub, were being trained to deal with an outbreak and hospitals were stockpiling emergency materials like disinfectant. China on Friday reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) the death of a 12-year-old girl who ate a diseased chicken in the southern province of Hunan and caught pneumonia, the newspaper added. The WHO has been pressing China to provide more information on the girl and her 9-year-old brother, who is reported to be in stable condition in hospital, also with pneumonia. "From the information that we have we do not have details that would enable us to deny or confirm the two cases' links to avian influenza," said Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, WHO's Beijing-based spokeswoman. "We are in communication with the ministry on a regular basis, but for this case we would need more information," she said. Officials at the health ministry were not immediately available for comment. China last week said the girl died of pneumonia, and stressed there had been no human infections of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG was in talks with Chinese officials about producing the antiviral drug Tamiflu on the mainland, the South China Morning Post said. Demand has soared in recent weeks for Tamiflu, an antiviral drug approved for use as a treatment but not cure for seasonal flu, amid mounting concerns of a potential flu pandemic that could be caused by H5N1. The spike in demand led Roche to say it would enter into discussions with other companies, primarily makers of generic or copy cat drugs, and with governments in developing countries over whether they can help produce the drug in part of as a whole. China has reported no human bird flu infections since the latest H5N1 outbreak first surfaced in Asia in late 2003. Since then, 62 people have died in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia and the virus has spread to Europe. In the past two weeks China has revealed three outbreaks of the H5N1 virus that killed 3,800 chickens, ducks and geese. Farmers in China, as in many parts of Asia, live alongside their poultry and other livestock, increasing the chances of the disease spreading to humans, experts say. It also raises the chance of the virus mutating into a form that could spread easily among people, triggering a pandemic. Millions could die. more info on Birth Flu __________________ 刘晓雨 pluiepoco Home of Asia, 中国语言论坛(Chinese Forum of Languages), 西瓜村
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theladys Just arrived Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1 theladys is an unknown character at this point	All About Bird Flu Hello, I afford to post this site in your forum because there is a ganger of Bird Flu Panic in all world. It's better to inform the people about Bird Flu and similarity virus infections. you can visit http://www.all-about-bird-flu.net/ - very simple, non-comersial site about Bird Flu, with information about Honk Kong Flu, Spanish Flu, Asia Flu and the latest news about Bird Flu all over the world. Thank you about attention. Best Regards and Good Luck Alex *Thank your colleague that you not delete this post because this is not a spam or advertising and this site may save us from panic.
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01-19-2006, 09:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
goli Just arrived Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1 goli is an unknown character at this point	Hi friend Why are you disturbing me? I am very busy because i am searching bird flu information, he reply where are you searching. I said on the net, about which drug are you searching, I said Tami flu fortunately he know about the proper path on the net he gave me path the path is, this is very good way to took information - http://www.drugdelivery.ca/s3353-s-tamiflu.aspx I found this path very useful
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chinoise International Forum Fan Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 511 Blog Entries: 1 chinoise has a spectacular aura about	The problem is, many people around the world, including the doorman in my building, think it's OK to eat dead birds, despite they die from illness. They think throwing them away is a waste.
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pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,192 Blog Entries: 4 pluiepoco came out of the blue	In traditional Chinese view, to die is not decided by human will. Chinese don't fear death, like we say, Gai Si Diao Chao Shang Sorry, I'm not about to rude __________________ 刘晓雨 pluiepoco Home of Asia, 中国语言论坛(Chinese Forum of Languages), 西瓜村
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