China - H5N1 in POULTRY/ANIMALS

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Liwan District of Guangzhou, closed poultry stall operators because of the avian flu epidemic closed 21 days
At 1:40 on April 4, 2008


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Liwan chicken stalls reopened eradicate bird flu
Jinhua new markets poultry stall operators from the normal business today

At about 11 am yesterday, after strict blockade, disinfection, disease detection, investigation and epidemiological analysis and focus of the work, such as follow-up investigation, in monitoring the results of a new source of infection circumstances, Liwan District, the animal epidemic prevention and supervision of the market conducted a comprehensive and thorough disinfection.

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And in accordance with the relevant regulations, the city animal epidemic prevention and supervision by the Group of Experts on the treatment and outcome of the epidemic testing compliance, Liwan District, the Government of the District Agricultural Water Conservancy Bureau, yesterday issued a decision lifting of the embargo, termination three contingency measures.At this point, from the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian flu have been blocked for 21 days in Liwan District of Jinhua new market poultry stalls operating smoothly in accordance with the law lifted, and will have opened today, killing three birds with the restoration of normal supply. Marketing Department official says, and related personnel have been signed on food safety and quality assurance agreement, the future will be even more strict management market to ensure market stability and security.
Surrounding areas is not new cases
On the 3rd from the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of Guangdong Province, in Liwan District, Guangzhou City Jinhua new markets H5N1 subtype highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic has been extinguished. Liwan District, Guangzhou City People's Government issued the same day the lifting of the embargo, the lifting of the blockade Jinhua new markets.
After the outbreak, the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary markets of the blockade, culling, disinfection, and the flocks of threatened areas for emergency measures such as immunization, a poultry market in the last 21 days has reached culling, the surrounding area did not appear new cases. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of Guangdong Province organizations disposal experts on the epidemic situation acceptance, in line with the "Emergency Regulations on major animal epidemic," and "national emergency contingency plans for major animal epidemic" and "disposal of highly pathogenic avian flu epidemic technical specifications" on the lifting of the embargo requirements.
Declared closed in an orderly manner
10:00 yesterday, Liwan District, Jinhua related to the leadership of the new market, that market thoroughly disinfected after passing quarantine, formally reopened. Subsequently, the staff will be blocked during the immunization of wood removed protective isolation, stall owners to enter the market before the market opened preparations.
Three birds in the stalls, since more than 20 days without contact with their own stalls, a protective wooden planks removed, the stall operators have entered the stalls, immediately pulled out plumbing, cleaning the various platforms, and some will be used at the bottom of cages wire reinforcement, and some re-installation of gas stoves, a woman from the bag stall owners take a few knives to slaughter chickens in the grindstone on Yibianyibian to grinding, "over 20 days useless knife, a rusty fast . "
The suspected outbreak of avian flu in 65 of the stalls, the reporters did not see the presence stall owners, only a few workers inside the busy doing renovation work.

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When asked why, for many people around that I do not know, stall owners said: "He was not operating stalls compliance??"
63 stalls of the stall owners Mr.Tan told reporters that the day of the incident, he nearly 100 poultry stalls were all killed hammer, the loss of nearly 10,000 yuan, At the same time, business can not be more than 20 days, while the rental as usual for this reason, the bird flu crisis makes legitimate business operators, the heavy losses.
More strict management market

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Why trouble against the 65 stalls, no opening, the management of the relevant responsible person said, because 65 of the Inter-room stalls set up standards in the absence of stalls, poultry and customers "three isolated" at present there is no No. 65 stall owners called to the business, according to the specific circumstances need to re-regulate only after normal business decoration.
According to the person in charge of the relevant market, the industry and commerce departments will strengthen the District of Jinhua new market regulators in the region to strengthen market access gatekeeper system, the check ledger, as well as the implementation of live birds "Three separation," prohibited without quarantine certification poultry and poultry products on sale. At present, and related management has also signed an agreement with stall owners, operators must ensure that the types of market access Roucai dish, vegetables, pork, poultry and their products meet the health licensing requirements.
Public response
Resume normal eat ate
At the news in the scene, many noted that market reopened to the public one after another, to see no chickens to sell, to the stall owners asked when only three birds sold. Today there are three birds that normal supply of products, people said that he was very pleased.
Live in the vicinity of the market Mr Cheung told reporters that their homes are like chicken Baotang, often before in the nearby market to buy chicken, since the stalls were to win here, he had to go to other markets to buy vegetables, " old, and to other nearby markets, it is necessary to go about 20 minutes. trouble sometimes it is suspected, only reduce the number of Hejishang. "Mr Cheung said today that three birds food stalls blockade removed , so specially to ask, "tomorrow can be resumed before the normal standard of living, on Qila eat!" Mr Cheung said with a smile.
When a reporter asked whether they worried about the safety of chicken, Zhang said, "Government departments is certainly in ensuring the safety of the lifting of the embargo only in accordance with the law, which is the formal market, we are reassuring." http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl...56095010.shtml

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This story is about a meeting to discuss disaster preparedness and complaning about it taking 3 hrs to confirmBird Flu,but takes 3 days for them to announce it and the confusion and concern that causes.Also suggest the media intentionally hides it.. Bird Flu confirmed only three hours on three days have to drag announced At 8:47 on April 3,2008 April 2, in the Guangdong provincial government of Guangdong Province held a public emergency incident emergency management experts at the first forum, Zhong Nanshan said: with the latest testing technology, test results confirmed only 23 hours, but to drag on announced three days. And claimed: "God, we really can not stand."

Strengthen the building of the Organization experts
Bring into full play the role of experts

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(Li Dong, Dan sheep correspondent at the letter) April 2, the Guangdong Provincial Government of Guangdong Province held a public emergency incident management experts emergency first forum.The meeting summed up the work of the Group of Experts in 2007 to discuss the "2008 incident in Guangdong Province sudden public work of the Expert Group on Emergency Management Plan" to listen to views and suggestions of the Expert Group to study the deployment of the Group next steps. Vice governor, provincial deputy director of emergency Li Ronggen presided at the meeting, the provincial public events sudden emergency management expert team, the Chinese Academy of Engineering Zhong Nanshan behalf of the Group made a concluding report.
Li Ronggen urged all localities, the relevant units should further emancipate the mind, and comprehensively promote the work of the Expert Group on Emergency Management.

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First, we must focus on emergency management task teams to play the role.

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In accordance with the work plan to the light of the specific conditions and taken a variety of ways, and further develop the team of experts in the decision-making and handle unexpected incidents to the important role in the training of cadres, training, publicity and education in the core role. Second, we should strengthen emergency management experts at all levels, organizations and the building of the contingent. According to respond to unexpected events of the overall plan and the requirements of the strengthening of expert organizations and the development of team-building as a perfect emergency management system one of the important tasks included in the overall layout of the work, a sound organizational forms and mechanisms to ensure effective and orderly experts participate in the construction of a system of emergency management and response to emergencies of all their work. Third, we should constantly raise the level of work of the Expert Group on Emergency Management.

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The experts continue to develop rigorous, realistic, and innovative spirit, and the actual conduct in-depth investigations and studies, clustering strengths, study and solve emergency management work in the major and difficult issues, the province's emergency management make new contributions to the cause of development and achieve better results.

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Government Emergency Office, the provincial units should further strengthen coordination and service support organizations, and strive to work for the Group, a role to play to create better conditions and the environment.
Freezing rain and snow will be cold weather will not happen again?

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The terrorist attacks in how to deal with? Yesterday's forum, by Zhong Nanshan fellowship composed of 34 experts in Guangdong provincial government think tank dealing with sudden public incidents against Guangdong in the past year by the major public events in the sudden some of the issues, one after another offer ideas and suggestions, and so wittily intricate.
Guangdong expert group involved in the handling of the fight against low-temperature freezing rain and snow disaster, Liwan District of Guangzhou, bird flu and other public events have also become sudden experts discussed the focus and offer advice and suggestions.
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The Group of 25 involved in the handling of the incident
Guangdong Province unexpected public events Emergency Management Expert Group was established in August 10, 2007, a total of 134 experts have been included in the Guangdong Province Public sudden emergency management experts for the incident, the expert on the basis of the selected members of the Group 34, average age 52 years, the Chinese Academy of Engineering has three.
Panel members from the Guangdong provincial government issued the letter of appointment, Pinji three years. Since its inception, the group have taken part in dealing with the "larger" sudden incidents over 25, including "Grand Bay Reservoir Leizhou rescue," Liwan District of Guangzhou, the avian flu epidemic, Guangdong against disasters such as low-temperature freezing rain and snow.
Recommendations: do emergency supplies reserves
At the forum, several experts to speak spontaneously expressed on emergency management personnel training concern. The Group deputy chief of the Office of the Guangdong Provincial Water Conservancy Chief Engineer Hechengwei proposal, the relevant institutions in the first trial opened emergency management expertise.

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Guangdong Dean, Faculty of Business, Professor Chia-ching also proposed, taking into account emergency management involves a wide range of types of disciplines, as a professional if we create may be difficult in the larger, may wish to set doctorate or master's degrees in two research direction.
The experts are all aware that the public face of unexpected events, national and local shortage of material reserves.

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Hechengwei said, many places were not prepared in accordance with the national standard materials. Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention deputy director and then director Lam Kam-yan physicians that it is necessary to strengthen municipal, county emergency supplies reserves. He said emergency supplies on the one hand that the reserves should be the responsibility of local governments, to a problem of money to the phenomenon is widespread, there are problem is the local government is there to special funds to support work in this area.

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In his view, the key is to make plans, the reserve must be something good reserves.
Question: emergency supplies for lack of preparation
Zhong Nanshan speak on behalf of the Group focused on the emergency management of the five issues, and low temperature freezing rain and snow without major disaster events responsible for the functional departments (currently responsible for Hainan); central ministries, local convergence and contingency plans for more coordination lack of, information communication is not perfect enough; national and local material reserve (electricity, food, water, etc.) inadequate; the role of the Group of Experts has not yet been fully mobilized.
Low-temperature freezing rain and snow events in the end is what kind of unexpected public events? Zhong Nanshan, an absence of a functional departments began clear who owned the pipe, for a long time have not encountered this situation, after the incident for a while passive. Zhong Nanshan pointing to a screen that "this is Fadacai" frozen on the screen, a man wrapped with blankets to warm a bottle, from a row of the bus was trapped in front of the camera smiling.

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Zhong Nanshan said that the disaster occurred in the first few days, a shortage of materials in the case of eggs can be sold to a five yuan, "it is precisely because no emergency supplies in place in time, only to the survival of the black market."
Worry: the slow emergency response
Referring to the recent avian influenza outbreak, Zhong Nanshan said that the March 13, 2008, Liwan District, Jinhua Street, 114 dead poultry market, the departments concerned immediately to the market more than 500 chickens and dead birds sound of dealing with the agricultural sector also immediately sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and sample testing.

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"God, we really can not stand." Said Zhong Nanshan, from March 13 to test samples to test results released on the 16th, three days of time his phone was almost reporter uncertain. He was worried that in this situation, more and more passive in Guangdong by some media that is a deliberate attempt to "failure to report" deliberately hide. He said that with the latest testing technology, test results confirmed only 23 hours, but will have to delay the announcement three days. He said that he also understands the agricultural sector, they are to work in accordance with the procedure, but three days of time can also cause a lot of confusion.

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"Fortunately, no human cases of avian influenza." Zhong Nanshan repeat this statement more than a year. He said that the agricultural sector and the health sector coordination is not enough, call the health department when he was a responsible person, the matter could be heard after the other saying "ah things we have to do."

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China lifts bird flu quarantine in southern Guangzhou
21:51, April 03, 2008

China has lifted a bird flu quarantine in the southern city of Guangzhou after a 21-day period in which no new cases were reported, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Thursday.

At least 632 fowl were culled after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus on March 13 in Liwan District, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province.

The ministry has urged local authorities to step up supervisionand prevention measures and raise public awareness to prevent new outbreaks.

Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a contagious disease of animalorig in caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs. It can kill humans.

On Feb. 25, a 44-year-old woman surnamed Zhang in Haifeng County, Guangdong, was killed by the H5N1 strain of the virus.

This raised the total number of human bird flu cases recorded in China to 29, of which 19 have been fatal, according to the World Health Organization.

To curb human infections, China's food and drug regulators on Wednesday authorized a domestic pharmaceutical firm to begin commercial production of a human bird flu vaccine, after more than two years of clinical trials.

This step made China the second country with the technology and industrial capacity to produce such a vaccine.

China saw five bird flu outbreaks among poultry this year.

Besides the one in Guangdong, others included one in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, two in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region and one in the southwestern Guizhou Province.

The MOA last month warned that China faced a more "complicated" epidemic control situation this year with a rise in the number of reported cases.

Source: Xinhua

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Yuen Kwok-yung, expected bird flu disastrous 10

PRC Beijing News reporter Xu Yu on the 4th - chairman of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong Yuen Kwok-yung, said the next 10 years, the avian flu still plagued Guangdong, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and other regions. He said that, given Hong Kong and the Mainland increasingly close exchanges, the two epidemics model more similar, but there are still many mainland people at home backyard poultry, the more difficult to completely prevent the spread of avian flu, in addition to the two governments Strengthening the prevention and control of checkpoints, we have to do a good job in testing, prevention and control and communications, such as the timely exchange.

Yuen Kwok-yung, in Beijing today attended a public health conference pointed out that studies have shown that human infection cases, 30% are semi-through animal infection. He said the current Guangdong poultry farms and farms, because the market demand and increase the number of birds feeding, so that farms increasingly crowded environment, may increase the risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases, "believed that with the population , as well as higher demand for meat, naturally, the number of animals will be increased, this will bring unexpected infectious diseases from animals, have begun to attract the epidemic,再传to increase opportunities for people. "

He said that, although the two places on the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases such measures are perfect, but there are still many mainland people at home backyard poultry, in this case, I believe that the avian flu virus in the next 10 years continue to have some influence. He hoped that Hong Kong can be implemented as soon as possible central slaughtering At the same time, public health issues, particularly infectious diseases notification system, the two governments should make every effort to improve border immunization, as well as increasing interest rates - exchange, the spread of the avian flu virus risk minimised as far as possible.

On the other hand, increase the threat of avian flu, the World Health Organization said that Pakistan last year three brothers infected with avian flu, may be person to person. University of Hong Kong infections and infectious disease centre deputy director Dr Boliang that case the virus in the community to increase the risk of proliferation, and does not exclude future more sporadic cases occur, but the risk remains low in Hong Kong, called on Hong Kong people not to worry.

WHO experts promoting research may be bird flu mutation

Infectious diseases specialist lok said that the avian influenza virus so far there has not been a major gene mutation that WHO experts should examine whether the avian flu gene mutation, leading to person to person situation. He added that the experts should also study whether the bird flu through close contact with the blood or the person transmission. He added that Indonesia had also occurred human-to-human cases, a collective eight infected with avian flu, and two cases are common within the family co-infection and, through day-to-day or in close contact with live infected with a room avian flu.

Lok also criticized the SAR Government's latest bird flu control zone for imports will reduce our immunization protection, if non-registered farms in mainland outbreak of the avian flu, and the only partial prohibition chickens to Hong Kong, Hong Kong will eventually increase the risk of avian influenza outbreak .

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China confirms Tibetan bird flu outbreak

BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) --

China's Ministry of Agriculture on Monday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a fowl farm in a Tibet Autonomous Region village.

The testing of 268 dead fowls at a farm at Zhuba Village of Qamdo County in recent days revealed the H5N1 bird flu killed them, the National Bird Flu Reference Laboratory said.

On Friday, Tibet's major animal disease prevention and control headquarter office reported the epidemic to the ministry.

Along with the local government, the ministry immediately started emergency plans.

The disease has been under control, the ministry said.


Editor: Du Guodong
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China reports birdflu in Tibetan poultry
07 Apr 2008 13:14:13 GMT
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<!-- AN5.0 article title end --> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.alertnet.org/bin/js/article.js"></script> <input value="13" name="CurrentSize" id="CurrentSize" type="hidden"> <!-- China reports birdflu in Tibetan poultry --> <!-- Reuters --> BEIJING, April 7 (Reuters) - China said on Monday that an outbreak of birdflu had killed 268 chickens at a poultry farm in the Tibet region. Tests by a national laboratory showed the birds had died from the H5N1 strain of the virus, but it is now under control in the affected area, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on its Web site (www.agri.gov.cn).

Bird flu tends to be more active in low temperatures and since the start of this year China has reported three confirmed human deaths from the disease and several outbreaks in poultry. With the world's biggest poultry population and hundreds of millions of farmers raising birds in their backyards, China is seen as crucial in the global fight against the virus. (Reporting by Emma Graham-Harrison; Editing by Jerry Norton)

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Basu County of Tibet in a highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic At 8:25 p.m. on April 7, 2008 Beijing - April 7 (Xinhua Zhongjun) on the 7th of Agriculture Information Office news release, April 4, the Tibet Autonomous Region major animal disease control headquarters office report, Basu County of Tibet's Qamdo town zhubba white Machia village a chicken farm in possession of suspected highly pathogenic bird flu, 268 chickens have died. April 7, by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory confirmed as H5N1 subtype highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic.

After the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Government in accordance with the relevant requirements of the contingency plan, organize timely emergency work to deal with the epidemic. At present, the epidemic has been effectively controlled. http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl...56146800.shtml

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[OIE - Follow-up Report no. 13 - HPAI H5N1 in CHINA. IoH]
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, China (People's Rep. of)

Information received on 07/04/2008 from Mr Jia Youling, National Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Bureau, Director General, BEIJING, China (People's Rep. of)

? Summary
Report type Follow-up report No. 13
Start date 13/04/2006
Date of first confirmation of the event 19/04/2006
Report date 07/04/2008
Date submitted to OIE 08/04/2008
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 03/2006
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to the whole country
Related reports Immediate notification (20/04/2006)
Follow-up report No. 1 (26/05/2006)
Follow-up report No. 2 (09/06/2006)
Follow-up report No. 3 (26/06/2006)
Follow-up report No. 4 (28/06/2006)
Follow-up report No. 5 (06/03/2007)
Follow-up report No. 6 (19/05/2007)
Follow-up report No. 7 (15/09/2007)
Follow-up report No. 8 (04/01/2008)
Follow-up report No. 9 (29/01/2008)
Follow-up report No. 10 (18/02/2008)
Follow-up report No. 11 (25/02/2008)
Follow-up report No. 12 (16/03/2008)
Follow-up report No. 13 (07/04/2008)

? New outbreaks
* Outbreak 1 - Zhuba, Basu, TIBET
Date of start of the outbreak 28/03/2008
Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit Village
Affected animals: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
* Birds - 2318 - 268 - 268 - 2050 - 0
Affected population chickens

? Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
*Birds - 11.56% - 11.56% - 100.00% - 100.00%
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

? Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Unknown or inconclusive

? Control measures
Measures applied Stamping out
Quarantine
Movement control inside the country
Screening
Zoning
Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)
Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
Dipping / Spraying
No vaccination
No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied No other measures

? Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (national reference laboratory for avian influenza) (National laboratory)
Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
*Birds - haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT) - 07/04/2008 - Positive
*Birds - intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) test - 07/04/2008 - Positive
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China Reports Fifth Case of Avian Bird Flu
USAgNet - 04/09/2008

Avian influenza is being blamed for killing chickens in poultry markets in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Chinese officials have confirmed. China's Ministry of Agriculture notified the administration that the birds tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, marking the country's fifth outbreak among poultry this year, according to The Associated Press.

China's Ministry of Agriculture also said that last week's outbreak in Guangzhou killed 114 birds and resulted in the slaughter of 518 others. But it has been contained, the ministry said.

China raises more poultry than any other country and health officials there have vowed to aggressively fight the virus. H5N1 has killed at least 235 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Most human cases have been linked to contact with infected birds, AP said.

China has reported three human bird flu deaths this year, including a 44-year-old migrant worker last month in southern Guangdong province. China has recorded 20 human deaths since the virus began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003.

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China Reports Fifth Case of Avian Bird Flu
USAgNet - 04/09/2008

Avian influenza is being blamed for killing chickens in poultry markets in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Chinese officials have confirmed. China's Ministry of Agriculture notified the administration that the birds tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, marking the country's fifth outbreak among poultry this year, according to The Associated Press.

China's Ministry of Agriculture also said that last week's outbreak in Guangzhou killed 114 birds and resulted in the slaughter of 518 others. But it has been contained, the ministry said.

China raises more poultry than any other country and health officials there have vowed to aggressively fight the virus. H5N1 has killed at least 235 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Most human cases have been linked to contact with infected birds, AP said.

China has reported three human bird flu deaths this year, including a 44-year-old migrant worker last month in southern Guangdong province. China has recorded 20 human deaths since the virus began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003.

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* Outbreak 1 - Jinhua market, Liwan, Guangzhou, GUANGDONG
Date of start of the outbreak 13/03/2008
Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit Village
Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered
* Birds - 662 - 144 - 144 - 518 - 0

Affected population chickens
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