Questionable Xinhua report of 24 suspected with BF in India

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Questionable Xinua report of 24 suspected with BF in India

Actually, the above number would apply to households. If the average household is 3, the number of PEOPLE checked would be 3X the above number.

Then it would take 1 1/2 days. It's easy to see why they assigned 300 workers - if managed well, they can accomplish a lot in a small time.

How many other countries are similarly prepared to apply HCW resources in this fashion? No country needs a Katrina (non) response.

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[Laidback Al]

Re: Questionable Xinua report of 24 suspected with BF in India

Then it would take 1 1/2 days. It's easy to see why they assigned 300 workers - if managed well, they can accomplish a lot in a small time.

How many other countries are similarly prepared to apply HCW resources in this fashion? No country needs a Katrina (non) response.

I don't think that the number of HCWs that are applied to a particular situation is important, it is a question of the quality of the surveillance and testing.

[Treyfish]

Re: Questionable Xinhua report of 24 suspected with BF in India

I posted a story here on FT that at another recent outbreak, the medics didnt even have enough thermometers to check the people and the ones they had, didn't work. I personally don't hold any trust they can check that many people in a reasonable amount of time..nor do I think they all have handy phones or viable roads to travel on...after all India has reported NO human infections..something else I find hard to believe

[Treyfish]

Re: Questionable Xinhua report of 24 suspected with BF in India

Culling begins in Punding

SILIGURI, Feb. 26: Culling operation started today at the Punding forest villages in Kurseong sub-division in Darjeeling district. By evening, around 500 birds were slaughtered whereas the culling target is around 2100. According to the district official sources, the culling time, slated to end by night today, might be extended till tomorrow. Bird Flu resurfaced with a few hundreds of the birds dying in a couple of days at the Punding forest villages in Suknahttp://www.thestatesman.net/page.new...ss=1&id=245281

[Treyfish]

Re: Questionable Xinhua report of 24 suspected with BF in India

Here is the story on the coochbihar outbreak..tells you how smooth and efficient the human testing really is.. doesn't mention 100's of information collectors or phone call surveys though snips..
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=207852&postcount=124

Berdflu in the affected areas of the health check started

Feb 08, 12:38 am

Dinhata (Kucbihar):
Dinhata many areas of the city include the bird flu affected areas as those areas were declared in Kalinga, but did not work. People in the areas of health check for an important meeting was sent to health workers. In fact, bird flu in the affected areas to check the health of the people of this important objective. Charges that include the city in these villages have received the news of the death of the chickens. But still the job of killing poultry in villages of Kalinga means work is not done. Though officially the process of Kalinga"culling" in the affected areas has been concluded. ..
Even after the establishment of the goose and chicken is in the villages. People here to check the health of health workers have accused the health workers of 25 to 30 members of a team of only two to three thermometer have been given. Most thermometers are bad in this too. That a bird flu in humans, the bacteria from entering her first symptom is a fever thermometer, but the Health Department from bad problem to have. The health workers only talking to people have to come back. The situation is such that given by the Government to remove the thermometer by the Government health workers were given the pen does not work.
{snip} Health officials said the health department of the total 131 blocks in the team to the affected area three kilometers between the 94, the remaining three to ten kilometers between the 37 teams in the work of the health check has been imposed. Block Dinhata one, two and Broatiabadhi - two and a Gram Panchayat is also involved. However, with the thermometer health workers is problematic. http://66.102.1.101/translate_c?hl=e...Plqwj-3KbBYbXA <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
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