Avian influenza in Northern-Ukraine

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Archive Number 20060613.1646
Published Date 13-JUN-2006
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (136) - Ukraine


AVIAN INFLUENZA (136) - UKRAINE
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Date: Mon 12 Jun 2006
From: Mary Marshall <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com>
Source: Reuters Alertnet, 12 Jun 2006 [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L12398930.htm>


1st bird flu cases in northern Ukraine
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Teams of veterinarians have been sent to destroy domestic poultry in
northern Ukraine after the 1st appearance of bird flu in the region,
Interfax Ukraine news agency reported on Monday [12 Jun 2006].

Avian flu had previously been detected late last year [2005] in the Crimea
peninsula, a major stopover point on migratory routes, jutting into the
Black Sea in southern Ukraine.

Interfax, quoting Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry, said 77 specialists had
been sent along with police to a village in Sumy region, near the border
with Russia, after cases were noted on Sunday [11 Jun 2006]. Plans called
for 7200 birds to be destroyed.

It said villagers had been offered compensation.

The dispatch, however, made no mention of whether the virus detected was
the deadly H5N1 type, as was found in Crimea. Previous instances of bird
flu in Ukraine have required further checks at laboratories in western Europe.

Specialized teams of sanitary workers destroyed well over 200 000 birds
after the outbreak in Crimea. No human cases were recorded.

Ukraine's authorities have said that the outbreak was brought under control
but have predicted further difficulties during the passage of migratory
birds through the country this year [2006].

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[Ukraine is joining Romania and Hungary in demonstrating that the forecasts
visualizing a hibernation of the H5N1 virus (which is, most probably,
responsible for the current focus) were premature.

For an interactive map of Ukraine, go to
<http://travel.kyiv.org/map/>.
- Mod.AS]

[see also:
Avian influenza (120) - Russia, Czech Republic 20060520.1433
Avian influenza (122) - Romania (Bucharest), poultry 20060522.1443
Avian influenza (123) - Romania 20060523.1454
Avian influenza (124) - China (wild birds), Romania 20060525.1470
Avian influenza (126) - Romania 20060527.1490
Avian influenza (126) - Russia (Siberia), Nigeria 20060526.1484
Avian influenza (128) - Romania 20060530.1515
Avian influenza (133) - China, Romania 20060608.1596
Avian influenza (134) - Hungary 20060610.1616]
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[Mingus]

Re: Avian influenza in Northern-Ukraine

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A case of avian flu detected in Ukraine

published on Tuesday June 13, 2006

a case of avian flu was noted in the village of Peski, area of Soumy (Ukraine), Monday with RIA Novosti the service of press of the Ukrainian ministry of the Emergencies announced.
All the birds of farmyard (several thousands of heads) will be cut down, according to the service of press which insisted on the absence of threat of transmission of virus H5N1 to the man.
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Re: Avian influenza in Northern-Ukraine

http://en.rian.ru/world/20060613/49412879.html

Ukrainian village put in quarantine over bird flu scare

KIEV, June 13 (RIA Novosti) - Quarantine regulations have been imposed on a village in eastern Ukraine in a bid to deter the spread of bird flu, the Ukrainian emergencies ministry said Tuesday.

"The village [of Peski] has been put in quarantine to deter the spread of the dangerous virus," Igor Krol, head of the emergencies ministry's press service, said.

Krol said more than 7,000 domestic fowl would have to be culled, adding that villagers would be compensated for the dead poultry. He said more than 70 ministry experts were currently working in the area, and that work would be completed within the next two days.

"There is no danger to people's health," he said.

The disease, originating in East Asia, has spread worldwide. Scientists fear the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus of bird flu could mutate into a form that passes easily between humans and spark a global pandemic.

Ukraine was previously hit by several bird flu outbreaks in its Crimea region on the Black Sea coast last fall, when more than 150,000 domestic fowl were culled in 40 locations around the peninsula.

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