Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam

[Theresa42]

Re: Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam

Machine-translated from Vietnamese:

Epidemic bird flu appear in province Cao Bang

ND - Ngay 15-6, Bureau formal vet assert province add tall licence appear epidemic bird flu.

Day 11-6, a graze help breed in x?m De Ga, x? Luong Th?ng (district Th?ng Nong) has 43 child chicken and 44 duck ill die scatter. Bureau vet Chi province taken mẫu send centre diagnose central vet test; positive test result with flu vi-r?t H5N1. Bureau limb vet coordinated with place destroy all number vịt mắc disease say above and accomplish measures room, against emergency epidemic.

Like that, adjective beginning of May, epidemic bird flu already pale distribute in 18 province, city not yet across 21 day is: Nghệ An, Nam ?ịnh, Sơn La, Hải Ph?ng, Quảng Ninh, Bắc Giang, ?ồng Th?p, Cần Thơ, Ninh B?nh, Bắc Ninh, Vĩnh Ph?c, H? Nam, Quảng Nam, Hưng Y?n, Th?i B?nh, Ph? Thọ, H? Tĩnh v? Cao Bằng. In there, some place oncing control step epidemic bird flu like Quang Ninh 16 day; Dong Thap 15 day; Bac Ninh 13 day; Ph? Thọ 11 day; Nam Dinh 10 day; Vĩnh Ph?c, Hung Y?n, Quang Nam nine yesterday day no distribute give birth to ổ new epidemic.

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[Theresa42]

Re: Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam

...in x?m De Ga, x? Luong Th?ng (district Th?ng Nong) has 43 child chicken and 44 duck ill die scatter.

Cao Bang province and Luong Thong sub-district, Thong Nong district...

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam

Bird flu rears ugly head again, hitting 18th locality
15/06/2007 -- 10:25 PM
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Ha Noi (VNA) ? The northern border province of Cao Bang has become the 18th locality hit by bird flu since early May this year, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development?s Veterinary Department.

The province reported that 43 chickens and 44 ducks at a household in Luong Thon commune, Thong Nong district, were found dead on June 11.

Samples taken from dead chickens and ducks farmed by Nong Van Binh have been returned positive for bird flu, said the provincial veterinary department.-Enditem

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[Treyfish]

Re: Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam

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15/06/2007 -- 4:38 PM
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Ha Noi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to map out immediate and long-term action plans to fight bird flu as the country grapples with a new wave of the epidemic.

The PM on June 13 also instructed MARD to ensure vaccinations of fowl stocks and disinfection spraying of contaminated areas are conducted in a thorough and speedy manner.

According to Health Minister Tran Thi Trung Chien, the pattern of bird flu has shifted and has complicated the containment of the disease. By June 13, bird flu outbreaks have been reported in 17 cities and provinces and has now become prevalent in the country during the summer months for the first time.

Since early May, four people, including two men and two women, have tested positive with the H5N1 virus after a nation-wide hiatus of 17 months, said the Health Ministry. According to health officials, the patients, from the northern provinces of Vinh Phuc, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa and Ha Nam had all come in direct contact with infected fowl. To date, two of the patients have recovered and have since been discharged from hospital while the remaining two are still receiving treatment.

The ministry said the World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed in principle to grant 2.5 million USD to Viet Nam in order to aid the country in producing human vaccines for the disease. Joint research conducted by the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and Oxford University recently has been able to isolate and recreate single cells from the blood of bird flu survivors that may lead to a viable commercial human vaccine.

Since the first case was reported on January 26, 2003, Viet Nam has recorded 97 human cases of H5N1 (type A) flu, with 42 proving to be fatal.-Enditem:tiphat: "NOW 43 FATAL"</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>http://www.vnanet.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/200318/Default.aspx</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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[Treyfish]

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16/06/2007 -- 10:47 PM
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Ha Noi (VNA) ? Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, on June 16, once again ordered ministries, agencies and localities to take urgent steps to contain the spread of avian influenza.

Education must be accelerated to raise public awareness of preventive measures, the PM told a meeting of the National Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention and Control and the National Committee for Controlling Avian Influenza in Humans.

He ordered the closure of all hatching businesses that fail to meet new tough guidelines, the culling of affected poultry and the reduction of free-range poultry farms.

Since the reemergence of bird flu in the country, 106 communes in 18 provinces have recorded outbreaks and five cases of human transmissions of the disease have occurred, with one confirmed dead.

The Ministry of Public Health said two of the patients have been discharged from hospital, but two were still undergoing treatment.

During the meeting, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed that an additional 200 million doses of vaccine should be imported into the country.-Enditem :tiphat: http://www.vnanet.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/200491/Default.aspx
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[Treyfish]

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Vietnam bird flu death a call for action, say experts <!-- END HEADLINE -->
<!-- BEGIN STORY BODY -->by Frank Zeller Sun Jun 17, 2:10 AM ET


HANOI (AFP) - Vietnam's first human death from bird flu in more than a year has highlighted growing complacency among farmers in fighting the virus that remains endemic in the country, experts said Sunday.
A 20-year-old man from a province neighbouring the capital Hanoi was killed by the H5N1 strain a week ago, the communist government said, and four more people are known to have been infected with the virus since last month.
The country's first bird flu death since October 2005 comes as avian influenza has made a strong resurgence across Vietnam, hitting poultry flocks in over 100 outbreaks across 18 of the country's 64 provinces and municipalities.
"This is not going to go away," said WHO's Vietnam communications officer Dida Connor, speaking before news of the human death. "There is a sense of complacency which is potentially catastrophic if it was to increase."
The human fatality, which brought the country's bird flu death toll to 43, followed several avian influenza cases across Southeast Asia last week.
On Thursday, Indonesia said a 29-year-old man had died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country worst hit by the virus to 80.
In Malaysia five people were quarantined with suspected bird flu, while Myanmar reported a fresh poultry outbreak.
Vietnam's unusual summertime outbreak, concentrated in the densely populated northern Red River delta region, follows the ending in March of a two-year ban on duck hatching that has triggered a surge in production.
Nationwide vaccination campaigns -- widely hailed as a model that other countries have sought to emulate -- have become increasingly spotty, Vietnamese and international animal health officials have warned.
"We've had bird flu for four years," said the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Vietnam bird flu specialist Jeffrey Gilbert. "Everyone's tired of it... but it's going on, and we are increasingly challenged to get these messages across to people that the risk hasn't gone away."
"People get very bored very quickly," he added.
"We can get the farmer to come in once or twice, but the third time he may see that it's not much of a priority anymore. He may not bother, or he may bring in 50 ducks and not bother to notify the authorities that there's another 150 (needing vaccination) still in the field."
Ducks and other waterfowl, which can carry and spread the virus without showing symptoms themselves, have been the major source of infections in the latest wave of outbreaks, Vietnam's fifth since 2003.
Flocks of ducks roving across rice paddies and ponds are a traditional, iconic feature of the Vietnamese countryside. After the lifting of the ban, they have come back in great numbers following the northern rice harvest.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last week ordered the agriculture ministry to map out immediate and long-term action plans to fight bird flu, concentrating on vaccinating Vietnam's 70 million ducks and culling all sick animals.
Experts warn that H5N1 survives both in the respiratory system and the gastro-intestinal tract of birds -- meaning farms, markets and slaughterhouses have to be vigilant about hygiene and biosecurity.
Vietnam, once the country worst affected by H5N1, was hit by three waves of avian influenza in 2004 and 2005, when 42 people were killed and authorities culled more than 50 million head of poultry.

No new outbreaks were reported for 12 months, until fresh infections last December led authorities to cull 45,000 poultry. Sporadic outbreaks have been reported since February, but cases picked up sharply in May.
Worldwide, bird flu has killed 191 people out of 313 infected patients, says the WHO, which has not yet confirmed Vietnam's latest human cases. Experts fear the death toll would rise sharply if the virus were to mutate and become easily transmitted between humans. A flu pandemic in 1918, just after the end of World War I, killed 20 million people worldwide.:tiphat: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070617/hl_afp/healthfluvietnam

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam

Bird flu hits Thai Binh; four provinces pronounced clean

(26-06-2007)

HA NOI ? New bird flu outbreaks were reported yesterday in Thai Binh Province. Thousands of chickens, ducks and white-winged ducks were slaughtered after tests confirmed that their flocks had been infested with the deadly H5N1 virus.

The outbreaks occurred in unvaccinated birds in four communes in the districts of Dong Hung, Tien Hai and Hung Ha, according to the Animal Health Department.

Meanwhile, the department yesterday declared four other provinces to be bird flu-free.

Quang Ninh and Dong Thap provinces have reported no new outbreaks for 25 days, Bac Ninh, for 23 days, and Phu Tho, for 21 days. The period required for an affected locality to be deemed free from the epidemic is at least 21 days.

Since May, bird flu has struck 18 provinces and cities. Five human infections have resulted in two deaths, bringing the death toll to 44 since 2003.

Forty-four out of 64 provinces and cities have finished the year?s first round of bird flu vaccinations, inoculating nearly 84 million chickens, over 59 million ducks and nearly 3.5 million white-winged ducks.

Several other provinces are approaching the 21-day mark to be declared free of the H5N1 virus, including Nam Dinh, Hung Yen and Ha Nam, each free of the epidemic for 19 or 20 days. ? VNS

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01HEA260607

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam

Bird flu recurs in Quang Ninh


Bird flu made a deadly return to northern Vietnam?s Quang Ninh province as 70 dead ducks tested positive for the H5N1 virus on Wednesday.
The province was hit by the disease last month but had announced ?successful eradication? early this month.

The provincial animal health agency said the recurrence of bird flu took place in Dong Trieu district. The seventy dead birds were part of a 200-duck flock.

Vietnam now has 11 provinces, down from 18 last week, battling bird flu epidemics, including Nghe An, Hai Phong, Bac Giang, Can Tho, Ninh Binh, Vinh Phuc, Quang Nam, Thai Binh, Ha Tinh, Cao Bang, and Quang Ninh.

The northern provinces of Hung Yen and Ha Nam announced they were clean of virus this week after no new cases has appeared in the last 21 days.

Based on governmental regulations, an area can claim itself H5N1-free if no new case has been recognized for 21 days.

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has warned of the high risk of outbreaks in July, especially around the Mekong Delta.

MARD deputy minister Bui Ba Bong urged relevant agencies to focus on water fowl and work on immediate plans to vaccinate newly-hatched ducks to tighten control over the spread of infection.

In the first half of the year, Vietnam has spent VND125 billion (US$7.8 million) on vaccines against bird flu, said Bui Quang Anh, head of MARD?s veterinary department.

Forty-four provinces and cities in the nation have completed the first round of vaccinations, according to a Vietnam News Agency report.

However, Anh said his department proposed that the government stop subsidizing the vaccinations in order to shift responsibility to local authorities and people as well as reduce expenditure from the State budget.

http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=29492

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam

Another province shakes bird flu, nine to go


The Vietnam Veterinary Department declared the northern province of Cao Bang bird flu-free Monday after going 21 days with no new infections.
Based on Health Ministry regulations, an area will be recognized as officially bird flu-free once no new case has been recognized after 21 days.

Nine provinces and cities remain plagued by the avian virus, including Nghe An, Hai Phong, Bac Giang, Ninh Binh, Vinh Phuc, Quang Nam, Thai Binh, Ha Tinh, and Quang Ninh.

The Veterinary Department announced that 1,130 chickens and ducks contracted bird flu in Thai Binh and Nghe An provinces three days ago.

Since the beginning of the year, 153.5 million fowls have undergone a mass national vaccination throughout the country?s 64 provinces and cities.

Vietnam News Agency quoted the Health Ministry as saying that the country has stockpiled enough Tamiflu, the country?s most popular HN51 prevention and treatment medication, to satisfy national demand.

http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=29607