AFD - Mainland China

[sharon sanders]

Guangdong Province Reports B2B Bird Flu Outbreak




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Providing only scant details, Xinhua news brings us this story of a recent bird flu outbreak among poultry in the province bordering Hong Kong, which has been dealing with it's own outbreak over the past week.

The Ministry is only saying in this after-the-fact statement that the outbreak occurred `in recent days', and that it has now been brought `under control'.

China confirms bird flu outbreak in Guangdong Province
www.chinaview.cn

2008-06-17 18:39:03

BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of bird flu in China's southern Guangdong Province is under control, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.

The testing of dead ducks at Yashan Village in recent days detected the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the ministry said in a brief statement, without giving any dates for when the outbreak began.

A total of 3,873 ducks died and another 17,127 ducks were culled, it said.

Emergency measures have been taken and the epidemic has been brought under control, the ministry said.
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UPDATED 0800 Hrs EDT

Reuters is offering more detail on this story, indicating the outbreak was detected on June 13th, and that the location is very near the Hong Kong Border.

China reports bird flu outbreak near HK border

17 Jun 2008 11:00:12 GMT
Source: Reuters

BEIJING, June 17 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday reported a bird flu outbreak in ducks in the southern province of Guangdong, close to Hong Kong where poultry at all commercial markets was culled last week.

The Guangdong outbreak, in a village administered by Jiangmen city, was first detected on June 13, the official Xinhua news agency said.
(Cont.)
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posted by FLA_MEDIC @ 7:04 AM

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: AFD - Mainland China - Poultry Outbreaks 2008

Re: AFD - Mainland China - Poultry Outbreaks 2008

FluTrackers link to this news:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=164234#post164234

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: AFD - Mainland China - Poultry Outbreaks 2008

Re: AFD - Mainland China - Poultry Outbreaks 2008

More On The China Outbreak



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A little over 24 hours ago we learned of an outbreak of bird flu among ducks in Guangdong Province, near Hong Kong. Early reports were devoid of much detail.

Today we have a bit more more information from the Macau Daily Times.

Bird flu hits southern China

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Authorities in southern China have begun destroying poultry after bird flu was detected to stop the disease spreading, state press said yesterday.


The outbreak was confirmed as the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus by the agriculture ministry yesterday after poultry began dying in Jiangmen city, Guangdong province, last week, Xinhua news agency reported.


Nearly 3,900 ducks have died, while another 17,000 fowls were culled due to fears that they could be carrying the virus, the report said.


The government has ordered measures to contain the outbreak and to disinfect the area, the report added. Preliminary efforts show that the "epidemic has been effectively contained," it said.


The outbreak in Guangdong comes after the H5N1 virus was found in a market in neighbouring Hong Kong, prompting the city to ban all live poultry imports from China on Saturday, June 7.


Live poultry imports from mainland China would be suspended for 21 days while an investigation was carried out, officials in Hong Kong said.

(Cont.)
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posted by FLA_MEDIC @ 8:04 AM

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: AFD - Mainland China

ProMed RFI On China




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Last night ProMED Mail, the global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and toxins, carried an RFI (Request For Information) on the report out of China of the mysterious disease outbreak that I mentioned in yesterday's blog.

Here is a snippet from the RFI. Follow this LINK to read the entire post. There is considerable discussion in this ProMed Post.

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Date: 27 Jul 2008
From: Stephen O. Cunnion
scunnion@potomacinstitute.org

I received the following email from Chuck Dolejs of the International Association of Emergency Managers regarding a Sound of Hope web page (<http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/china/strange-disease-kills-three-in-china-1742.html>) updated [26 Jul 2008]. Has this outbreak been verified by authorities?

"China reported that approximately 20 days ago, a man suddenly died from an unidentified disease in Wanjiakou Village, Xiaoguan Town, Wendeng City, Shandong Province. His entire body turned dark purple, and he bled from his mouth, nostrils, ears, and eyes just as he died.

Shortly after the man died, 2 other men who been in contact with him, died showing the same symptoms. Villagers who had left the village to work said "3 people died 10 days ago. 6 or 7 more are being treated in the Wendeng Central Hospital. People have been to the area to investigate, but they are unable to classify the disease."
Most people outside of the village do not know about the illness. Their families do not want people who have left the village to return.

<snip>
--
Stephen O. Cunnion, MD, PhD, MPH
Medical Director, National Security Health Policy Center
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22203
scunnion@potomacinstitute.org

[ProMED-mail would like to thank Dr. Stephen Cunnion for sending on this information. As a reminder, it was he who sent ProMED-mail the 1st report on an outbreak of "atypical pneumonia" in Guangdong, China, on 10 Feb 2003 that we posted and was the 1st public notification of the early outbreaks of what was later named Severe Acute Respiratory Sydrome (SARS) (see ProMED-mail posting Pneumonia - China (Guangdong): RFI 20030210.0357 for this report).

(Continue reading . . . )

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Please note that this email and RFI doesn't confirm this story, it simply references a report posted on a website, and asks if it has been verified.



Also, at this time, there is no compelling reason to suspect that this outbreak (if it truly exists) has anything to do with pandemic influenza.



We really don't know anymore today than we did yesterday. Except that now there are more eyes watching the situation.


And that's always a good thing.





ProMED-mail is a service of the International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID), and you can either visit their webpage or subscribe to their email updates. ProMED-Nail describes their service this way:

ProMED-mail is open to all sources and free of political constraints. Sources of information include media reports, official reports, online summaries, local observers, and others. Reports are often contributed by ProMED-mail subscribers. A team of expert human, plant, and animal disease moderators screen, review, and investigate reports before posting to the network. Reports are distributed by email to direct subscribers and posted immediately on the ProMED-mail web site. ProMED-mail currently reaches over 40,000 subscribers in at least 165 countries.
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While I wouldn't recommend this service to hypochondriacs, those interested in keeping up with disease outbreaks around the world should consider joining, and financially supporting, ProMED-mail.

posted by FLA_MEDIC @ 8:03 AM