Chinese vice premier says "not optimistic" about bird flu situation

[pandemicflu.ca]

This is quite profound given the source


Chinese vice premier says "not optimistic" about bird flu situation

Weekend ? May 21, 2006

China warned that it was "not optimistic" about the bird flu situation both within the country and globally, and urged officials to step up monitoring and reporting of the virus.

Vice premier Hui Liangyu called on officials across China to be vigilant for possible outbreaks and to strengthen the monitoring, reporting and handling of the virus, the People's Daily reported.

"Summing up and analysing the epidemic's current development both inside and outside the country, the... situation is not optimistic," Hui said at a national meeting on the prevention and control of avian flu.

His warning came as the agriculture ministry reported Saturday that a total of 308 wild migratory birds have died since a bird flu case was reported in the northwest province of Qinghai on April 23.

As of Friday, 300 bar-headed geese and eight birds of other species had been found dead in the remote province, a statement on the ministry's website said.

It said the Qinghai authorities had taken disinfection and quarantine measures in the area to prevent contact with humans and poultry. It said no outbreak among poultry had been found.

Qinghai is along one of Asia's main bird migratory routes and a series of avian flu outbreaks have been recorded there since May last year.

China has reported 18 human cases of bird flu, 12 of which were fatal.

More than 120 people worldwide have died from bird flu since it re-emerged as a threat in 2003 -- most of them in Asia.

Scientists fear a global pandemic if the virus mutates and becomes easily transmissible between humans. ? AFP

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/119601.asp (Singapore)

[sharon sanders]

Re: Chinese vice premier says "not optimistic" about bird flu situation

"China warned that it was "not optimistic" about the bird flu situation both within the country and globally, and urged officials to step up monitoring and reporting of the virus.

Vice premier Hui Liangyu called on officials across China to be vigilant for possible outbreaks and to strengthen the monitoring, reporting and handling of the virus, the People's Daily reported."


This is very significant.

[sharon sanders]

Re: Chinese vice premier says "not optimistic" about bird flu situation

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=778 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=34 height=16></TD><TD vAlign=top width=604>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=535 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=13 bgColor=#be0203></TD><TD width=1></TD><TD width=9 bgColor=#676767></TD><TD class=title width=420 bgColor=#676767>Hui Liangyu </TD><TD width=33 bgColor=#afafaf> </TD><TD width=27 bgColor=#d7d7d7> </TD><TD width=29 bgColor=#e5e5e5> </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=7 height=1></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#676767><TD colSpan=7 height=1></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="90%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=text> Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier.


Hui Liangyu, Hui ethnic group, a native of Yushu, Jilin Province, was born in October 1944. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1966 and began to work in August 1964. With a junior college education at the Jilin Provincial Party School, he holds the title of an economist.

1961-1964: Student of the Agricultural School of Jilin Province.

1964-1968: Clerk with the Agricultural Bureau and Personnel Supervision Bureau of Yushu County.

1968-1969: Sent to do manual labor in May 7th Cadre School of Yushu County, Jilin Province.

1969-1972: Clerk and deputy head of the office of the Political Department of the Revolutionary Committee of Yushu County, Jilin Province.

1972-1974: Deputy director of the Organization Department of the CPC Yushu County Committee, Jilin Province; secretary of the CPC Yujia People's Commune Committee.

1974-1977: Deputy secretary of the CPC Yushu County Committee, Jilin Province.

1977-1984: Deputy director-general of Jilin Provincial Agricultural Department; deputy director-general and deputy secretary of the Leading Party Member Group of Jilin Provincial Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Department.

1984-1985: Deputy secretary of the CPC Baicheng Prefectural Committee, Jilin Province; commissioner of Baicheng Prefectural Administrative Office.

1985-1987: Member of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee and concurrently head of the Rural Policy Research Office and director of Rural Work Department of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee (taking correspondence courses at the Provincial Party School, majoring in basic knowledge for Party and government officials from August 1984 to July 1987).

1987-1990: Vice-governor of Jilin Province.

1990-1992: Deputy head of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee.

1992-1993: Deputy secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee.

1993-1994: Deputy secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee; chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

1994-1995: Deputy secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee; vice-governor and acting governor of Anhui Province.

1995-1998: Deputy secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee; governor of Anhui Province.

1998-1998: Secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee; governor of Anhui Province.

1998-1999: Secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee.

1999-2002: Secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee.

Nov. 2002-: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

2003-: vice premier of State Council.
He was an alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee.


</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>http://www.china.org.cn/english/PP-e/48943.htm

[Niko]

Re: Chinese vice premier says &quot;not optimistic&quot; about bird flu situation

Indeed, I feel this is a profound message coming from China. Snowy's comments are just as important and I am grateful for his considerable efforts in enlightening and preparing all of us who've had the good fortune to access his insight.

One sentence in the report caught my attention:

It said the Qinghai authorities had taken disinfection and quarantine measures in the area to prevent contact with humans and poultry. It said no outbreak among poultry had been found.

Is there significance in stating "disinfection and quarantine measures in the area to prevent contact with humans and poultry" while not including the word "human" in the following sentence: "It said no outbreak among poultry had been found."???