Another Human Case of Bird Flu in China

[DB]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/18/content_570909.htm
Another human bird flu death confirmed
(Xinhua/AP)
Updated: 2006-04-18 21:04

<!--enpcontent-->A 21-year-old man in central China's Hubei Province was confirmed to be infected with H5N1 bird flu, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
The man worked as a security guard in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, said Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, a spokeswoman for the WHO's Beijing office.
He became sick on April 1 and was suffering from a high fever, she said. He was diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown causes, she said.
"The likely source of exposure is still under investigation and people who had close contact with him are under medical observation," Bhatiasevi said.
The man is China's 17th confirmed human case of bird flu since November on the mainland, where 11 people have died from the disease. The H5N1 virus has killed 109 people in nine countries, mostly in Asia, according to WHO, and has killed or prompted authorities to destroy 200 million birds.

[Theresa42]

Re: China: Another human bird flu death confirmed

I don't think this guy is dead -- just confirmed as a bird flu case.

Looks like Xinhua/China Daily corrected their headline:

Another human bird flu case confirmed
(Xinhua/AP)
Updated: 2006-04-18 21:04

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/18/content_570909.htm

[DB]

Re: China: Another human bird flu death confirmed

You know, it is the season for resurrections.

[Theresa42]

Hubei reports human case of bird flu

Sounds like the guy is in bad shape...

Hubei reports human case of bird flu

BEIJING, April 19 -- A 21-year-old man in central China's Hubei Province has been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus and is in a critical condition, the Ministry of Health reported yesterday.

The man, surnamed Lai, is a migrant worker in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province. He showed symptoms of fever and pneumonia on April 1 and was hospitalized, said a report released by the ministry.

The case brings the total number of human cases of bird flu in China to 17 which have resulted in 11 deaths.

The patient's infection has been confirmed as bird flu in accordance with Chinese official standards as well as those of the World Health Organization (WHO), the ministry said.

Those who have had close contact with Lai have been put under medical observation by local health authorities. So far no bird flu symptoms have been reported.

The ministry has been in contact the WHO and the new case, officials in several countries as well as officials in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/19/content_4446709.htm

[Snowy Owl]

Another Human Case of Bird Flu in China

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td> A 21-year-old man in central China's Hubei Province has been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus and is in a critical condition, the Ministry of Health reported yesterday.

The man, surnamed Lai, is a migrant worker in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province. He showed symptoms of fever and pneumonia on April 1 and was hospitalized, said a report released by the ministry.

The case brings the total number of human cases of bird flu in China to 17 which have resulted in 11 deaths.

The patient's infection has been confirmed as bird flu in accordance with Chinese official standards as well as those of the World Health Organization (WHO), the ministry said.

Those who have had close contact with Lai have been put under medical observation by local health authorities. So far no bird flu symptoms have been reported.

The ministry has been in contact the WHO and the new case, officials in several countries as well as officials in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

(China Daily April 19, 2006)

http://china.org.cn/english/2006/Apr/166028.htm

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http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_d...224&con_type=1
Alert as risk of avian flu rises in SAR

In an attempt to defuse a threatened boycott of chicken sales today, the government has urged traders to consider the public interest and warned that the threat of an avian influenza outbreak has grown.

Chester Yung

Thursday, April 20, 2006

In an attempt to defuse a threatened boycott of chicken sales today, the government has urged traders to consider the public interest and warned that the threat of an avian influenza outbreak has grown.

Vendors had earlier announced they will boycott today's sales at the Cheung Sha Wan wholesale market in a bid to push the government to increase the number of live chickens that can be imported from the mainland.
Currently, only 20,000 birds are brought in each day, compared with 30,000 before supplies were temporarily cut off following an avian flu outbreak in Guangdong.
Hong Kong Poultry Wholesalers and Retailers Association chairman Steven Wong Wai-chuen said about 400 chicken sellers will take part in the boycott.
Wong said that the cutback in imports has pushed up the price of chicken and that this, in turn, is affecting sales.
"The wholesale price has been doubled from HK$7 per catty to more than HK$15. I expect it will go beyond HK$20," Wong said, adding that poultry traders are also planning a rally next Tuesday and are threatening to use lorries to block roads in Central.
However, Health, Welfare and Food Bureau deputy secretary Eddy Chan Yuk-tak Wednesday asked the traders not to take radical action and to instead consider "the interest of the public and the citizens" from a public health perspective.
"We expect them to understand that there was a fresh case [of bird flu] in the mainland recently and that the risk of an outbreak has not diminished," Chan said. "We need to be very careful in considering the number of imported chickens."
On Tuesday, Xinhua News Agency reported that a 21-year-old man in Central China's Hubei province had been infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus and is now in a critical condition. The man, surnamed Lai, is a migrant worker in Wuhan, capital of Hubei.
He developed fever and was suffering from pneumonia when admitted to hospital on April 1, the Health Ministry said.
Lai brings to 17 the total number of human cases of bird flu reported in China, 11 of whom have died.
Hong Kong University microbiology professor Yuen Kwok-yung said it is possible that the latest mainland victim may have contracted the virus through - what he called- casual contact.
Yuen said it is possible for people to catch the virus just by walking through a wet market near seemingly healthy chickens.
Scientists and health officials fear that avian influenza - which has already killed more than 70 people in Asia since 2003 - may mutate into a form that can be transmitted between humans - a development they fear could trigger a pandemic that could kill millions of people.
Meanwhile, ministers from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group will meet in Vietnam May 4-6 to coordinate measures that will be put into effect should there be an outbreak of avian or other influenza pandemics.
" The H5N1 avian influenza virus is the greatest known emerging infectious disease threat currently facing the global community" said Cao Duc Phat, Vietnam's minister for Agricultural and Rural Development, adding that it had the potential to kill an unimaginable number of people and cause enormous economic damage.

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"Hong Kong University microbiology professor Yuen Kwok-yung said it is possible that the latest mainland victim may have contracted the virus through - what he called- casual contact.
Yuen said it is possible for people to catch the virus just by walking through a wet market near seemingly healthy chickens. "

If this isn't easily to transmissible to humans then what the heck is?

[Theresa42]

China confirms 12th human bird flu death

He died...

China confirms 12th human bird flu death
20 Apr 2006 17:12:07 GMT

Source: Reuters
(Adds WHO comment)

BEIJING, April 20 (Reuters) - A man in central China has died of bird flu, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, reporting the country's 12th H5N1 virus death since November.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), which has not confirmed the death was from bird flu, said Chinese authorities had informed it that the man had died on Wednesday.

"The source of exposure is under investigation," WHO spokeswoman Maria Cheng said in Geneva.

There have been more than 30 outbreaks in poultry in a dozen provinces over the past year in China, making it one of the countries worst-hit by a virus that has spread with surprising speed this year, with outbreaks in more than 30 countries.

Epidemiologists fear that bird flu could mutate into a form where it could pass easily among humans, potentially triggering a pandemic in which millions could die.

Xinhua, quoting local health authorities, identified the victim as a 21-year-old migrant worker surnamed Lai who worked as a security guard in Wuhan, capital of the central province of Hubei.

It said he had returned to his home outside Wuhan last month to attend a funeral and developed symptoms of pneumonia on April 1. On Tuesday the Health Ministry had confirmed that he had the H5N1 virus, making him the country's 17th human case.

Xinhua said people who had had close contact with Lai had shown no abnormal symptoms. It added that there were no reports of flu outbreaks among poultry in his home town and the reason for his infection was unknown.

"As with all human cases in China where we haven't first seen H5N1 in animals, this points to a gap in surveillance which we would like to see resolved," said the WHO's Cheng. (Additional reporting by Stephanie Nebehay)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK26929.htm

[DB]

Re: China: Another human bird flu case confirmed

The last guy I heard that got resurrected didn't survive too long either.

[HenryN]

Re: Another Human Case of Bird Flu in China

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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04270602/H5N1_Sichuan_Again.html