China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 43 Children Nationwide, 24,934 Children infected

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WHO pledges support for China in viral outbreak
2008-05-06 15:29:53

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) --

World Health Organization (WHO) representative in China Hans Troedsson has expressed appreciation for China's quick response to the outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) and pledged the world body's willingness to support China in its efforts to combat the illness.

During a Monday meeting with Health Minister Chen Zhu, Troedsson said the WHO office in China would continue to actively work with China in coping with the outbreak, provide technical support and share with other countries and regions the experience gained here, the health ministry said on its website on Tuesday.

As of Monday, the number of HFMD cases reported nationwide this year had risen to 11,905 with 26 fatalities, according to a Xinhua count of local official figures.

The worst-hit area, Anhui Province in east China, updated the number of childhood infections to 5,840, including 689 new cases that were recorded on Sunday, according to the provincial health administration.

In Anhui's Fuyang City alone, 22 children have been killed by the epidemic since March 20 out of 4,496 children infected, and 1,314 are still hospitalized.

During the meeting, the minister briefed Troedsson on the epidemic's development in Fuyang and China's measures against the disease.

China had classified HFMD as a C class epidemic that must be reported to the ministry, he said. Previously, local health authorities were not required to report HFMD cases.

The ministry had also upgraded the emergency response scheme of the Anhui public health incident from grade III to grade II, he said.

Meanwhile, expert teams have been sent to Fuyang to help with diagnosis and treatment. Kindergartens in the county were closed to prevent a further spread of the disease and a public awareness campaign was launched.

Chen said patients were being treated and prevention and control measures were being implemented in an orderly, effective manner.

He said that he was heading up a health ministry leading group to combat the disease, which would soon hold a national tele-conference to urge stepped-up nationwide monitoring, reporting, prevention and treatment of the disease.

Meanwhile, release of information about the course of the epidemic would be stepped up to avoid public panic, he said.

The epidemic was first reported on March 20 in Fuyang. Since then, outbreaks have been reported elsewhere in China. So far, all the victims have been children, mostly below 6 years old.

The southern province of Guangdong reported 1,692 cases on Monday, an increase of 767 from Sunday. Three boys have died so far in the outbreak.

Zhejiang Province in east China said on Monday that 1,198 children have been infected this year, and that a 5-year-old boy died on April 6.

In southwestern Chongqing Municipality, 42 sporadic cases have been detected since Thursday.

Beijing recorded at least 1,482 cases as of Monday, of which 818 were reported in kindergartens. The capital's neighboring Hebei Province reported 206 infections.

Cases have also been reported in the provinces of Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Jiangxi and Henan.

Tang Xiaoping, an epidemic expert and deputy head of the health bureau of Guangzhou, said the drastic rise in cases reflected the order by the Ministry of Health on Friday, which classified HFMD as a C class epidemic that must be reported to the ministry.

According to the Guidelines Regarding Prevention and Control of HFMD published on the Ministry of Health website, HFMD can be caused by a host of intestinal viruses, but EV71 and the Coxsackievirus (Cox A 16) were the most common.

HFMD usually starts with a slight fever, followed by blisters and ulcers in the mouth and rashes on the hands and feet.

Those sickened by EV71 often have serious symptoms. It can also lead to meningitis, encephalitis, pulmonary edema and paralysis in some children.

The ministry asked hospitals for daily reports on the disease and told local health departments to report emergencies promptly and spend more on research into the disease.


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12,000 people with hand, foot and mouth disease in Anhui Fuyang actions were part of the responsibility
2008-05-06

[Sing Tao network - China's current outbreak of epidemic hand, foot and mouth disease (EV71) to 13 provinces, the number of infections at present nearly 12,000 people, it is estimated that with the increase in infected areas, the number of patients will increase. Anhui Fuyang is the first confirmed outbreak of EV71-intestinal virus outbreak, due to the epidemic prevention and control of EV71 ineffective, the two doctors were Jida Guo, a hospital vice president was dismissed.

Hand, Foot and mouth disease epidemic rose: Yunnan into new areas of 18 districts and counties of Beijing outbreak in Shenzhen ran out of Hainan found one case in Shanghai to prevent Taiwan from the mainland outbreak suspected

Hand, Foot and mouth disease is currently in Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Yunnan, Hainan Province 13 spread, Beijing and Chongqing have also detected the epidemic, has resulted in 26 children Killed. Hand, Foot and mouth disease early performance was mainly fever, some with hand, foot and mouth parts or herpes rash, cough, vomiting, rapid progress of the illness led to multiple organ injury, death within a few hours.

Integrated media, Fuyang City in Anhui hand, foot and mouth disease control headquarters on May 4 briefing, Shao Ying-chuen business district hospital doctors Songyun letter, Li Guangming violation of relevant regulations, withholding patients treated children, children with no timely referral Above the county level to the hospital where the children with delays in treatment, children with conditions leading to increased. Ying-chuen, Department of Health, May 3 decision, the letter to Song Yun, Li Guangming Jida Guo punishment, to the town hospital vice-president Liu Jun, vice president of revocation of their duties punishment.

Upgraded to 4,496 cases in Fuyang

Anhui Provincial Health Office revealed that on May 4 to 24, Fuyang intestinal virus infections add 398 cases, the total number of cases has reached 4,496 cases, the death toll did not rise, at 22.

According to the Anhui Provincial Health Office informed, there are still 1,314 children in Fuyang City hospital treatment, but serious cases have been declining for two consecutive days and two consecutive days without new deaths. According to the Anhui Provincial Health Office briefing, May 4, Anhui province reported cases continues to increase momentum.

On the 1st by 767 cases in Guangdong

Guangdong Provincial Health Office revealed that ended at 10:00 on May 5, Guangdong Province were reported cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease 1,692 cases, death three cases. On the 5th day of the new 767 cases. In addition, the Shenzhen CDC released the latest monitoring report, as on the 4th of this year the city received a total of dissemination of hand, foot and mouth cases reported 518 cases, mostly minor illness, and death does not appear severe cases.

According to reports, Foshan recently also suspected of individual adult hand, foot and mouth disease, but less serious symptoms, only for the performance of sore throat, there are a few, such as herpes.

Upgraded to 368 cases in Hunan

Up at 0:00 on May 5, Hunan Province reported a total of hand, foot and mouth disease cases 368 cases, mainly for the following five-year-old age group in infants, are sporadic cases. At present the province there is no serious cases and deaths reported.

Ningxia verified eight cases

Ningxia Province various medical institutions network report suspected cases of Hand, Foot and mouth disease in 11 cases, after investigation and verification eight cases, three cases of exclusion, on the 5th found that the four cases, the same kindergarten for the four children. By the parents of these children bring home confinement, recuperating. Ningxia provincial disease-control departments are collecting samples of children, conducted laboratory tests to determine whether the enterovirus EV71 virus.

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Health Department disclosed that the autonomous region every year, hand, foot and mouth disease reported cases, the state was distributed. Related departments of the monitoring results indicate that, 2005 to May 2008, a total of 718 cases of reported cases, no severe cases have not died. January to May this year, a total of 13 cases of reported cases from previous years, be reduced.

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Source: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national news/2008/05/06/155077/CDC-reports.htm

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Taiwan: CDC reports 2nd death from enterovirus

The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Public health officials reported the death of a three-year-old boy in southern Kaohsiung yesterday; the second fatal enterovirus case this year. They urged all parents and school teachers to be more vigilant against enterovirus, as temperatures in Taiwan continue to rise into the summer months.

Chou Jih-haw, deputy director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) under the Department of Health (DOH), said that the latest victim was a boy aged three years and four months who had probably been infected by his five-year-old sister.

On April 11, the boy developed a fever, with rashes and sores in his mouth, and he was checked into the hospital with spasms the following day, Chou said. The boy lapsed into a coma shortly after he was admitted, and died five days later despite efforts to save him, Chou said. An investigation found that the boy's sister also had an enterovirus infection, and had been admitted to the hospital on April 13. But she fully recovered because her case was not that serious.

"Children under three years old are most vulnerable to the disease because they have no anti-bodies, making them a high risk group in serious cases of enterovirus, especially in cross infection situations," Chou said. The first enterovirus death occurred in March in Yunlin County, southwestern Taiwan, the CDC reported.

Health officials at the CDC said that the number of confirmed serious cases of enterovirus has reached 60 this year, and among them there have been two deaths.

Seven other patients remain in intensive care, while one has been hospitalized for about four months due to encephalitis complications.

Enterovirus infections can be deadly for young children. The enterovirus enters the body through the gastrointestinal tract and often moves on to attack the nervous system, leading to symptoms of fever, muscle aches, and aseptic or viral meningitis.

In a massive outbreak in Taiwan in 1998, 405 children were infected and 78 of them eventually died. The most recent outbreak came in 2005, with 145 children infected and 15 dying from the virus.

DOH officials said people should maintain good personal hygiene by frequently washing their hands. Parents and teachers at elementary schools and kindergartens should especially supervise young children to clean their hands in southern Taiwan during warmer weather, the said. Young children should also be kept away from places with big crowds, they advised.

 

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Beijing suspends two kindergartens over hand-foot-mouth infections
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Two kindergartens in Beijing were temporarily shut down Tuesday after children showed symptoms of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD).

The number of children infected in the kindergartens, in Chaoyang District and Haidian District respectively, has not been confirmed and the sick are being examined to find out what kind of virus triggered the outbreak, according to Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Beijing has recorded at least 1,482 cases of HFMD by Monday, of which 818 were in kindergartens.

HFMD usually breaks out from May to July in Beijing over the past years, and more infections are expected in the next couple of months in the majority in kindergartens, said Wu Jiang, an expert with the center.

However, the current situation is still normal and people should not panic as there are preventive measures, said Wu.

The number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported in China this year rose to 12,164 as of Tuesday, resulting in 26 deaths.

HFMD is caused by more than one type of virus, such as EV71 and Coxsackie A16, but has similar symptoms, and most of the cases involve young children. It can prove fatal, and there is no vaccine.

Source: Xinhua

 

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Beijing fears the spread of the virus spreading parents Tantebuan
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The spread of hand, foot and mouth disease, also with the spread of panic in Beijing on the 6th of parents are beginning to feel Jiuxin EV71 virus. Many parents in a hospital to see the media taking pictures and on the hospital that treated the children with EV71, and then they will give their children transferred. Beijing four-day surge of 500 cases
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Integrated media, Xinhua said that China's hand-foot-mouth cases have been reported 11,905 cases. The EV71 virus has resulted in 26 deaths, most of them in Fuyang, Anhui, Guangdong has three deaths. Although Beijing EV71 virus no deaths reported, but parents still harbor alert.

"Of course we worry about. If a child is sick, we will be very frightened," one young mother said, "We have heard of this virus, but we do not know how to control. Or inadequate information."

"Beijing News" said that this year, Beijing had reported 1,482 cases of hand, foot and mouth cases, mostly children under five, but at present no deaths reported.

Beijing CDC recommendations, with hand, foot and mouth disease in children should be home recuperating isolation; nurseries in primary schools or classes with a focus on a single day if found three cases of hand, foot and mouth cases above, the proposed corresponding classes, grade will be closed, or kindergarten closed Park .

Beijing Children's Hospital one of the doctors declined interviews, saying it could trigger panic. The doctor said: "The parents have been very nervous, to see if a reporter taking pictures, they will think that we have such cases the hospital, and then they will take away their children."

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Beijing 4-day surge of 500 cases of Hand, Foot and mouth disease over the campus closed

Beijing 18 districts and counties in all cases of hand, foot and mouth, and two kindergartens in the collective outbreak of the epidemic. Beijing CDC said that only ended on the 4th, Beijing cumulative 1,482 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth patients, four days increased nearly 500 cases at a fairly rapid pace.

More than half of children with nurseries for children

Integrated media, Beijing CDC recent briefing on the 5th of hand-foot-mouth disease outbreak this year, had reported 1,482 cases of hand, foot and mouth cases, 1,316 cases of children under five, including 502 children under the age of three cases in children Nurseries in the majority of children, become scattered less than 40 children, mainly in Anhui Fuyang mainly of children living situation is different.

Beijing CDC last week on 49 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth of the 57 patients were confirmed to pathogen detection, 26 were identified as intestinal infections, of whom 15 were identified as sub-type by the EV71 virus, the coxsackievirus 10 A16-type virus (CA16) due. Expert analysis: the current Hand, Foot and mouth disease in Beijing source of infection, mainly to EV71 and CA16.

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=HeadLine>Two more deaths as infections near 16,000</TD></TR><TR><TD class=Title>By Ji Mi 2008-5-7</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>THE number of hand, foot and mouth infections in China surged to nearly 16,000 and two more children have died, bringing the death toll to 28.

Health Minister Chen Zhu yesterday urged preschools detecting early signs of an outbreak of HFMD to close for up to three weeks.

A toddler died of HFMD yesterday in central China's Hunan Province, the province's major news Website Rednet.cn reported.

The two-and-a-half-year-old girl died in the medical center in Changde City, the report said.

The baby girl, from Shahe Village in the city's Anxiang County, developed a fever and a cough on May 1 and was treated at a village clinic for three days.

But her condition showed no improvement and rashes developed on her hands, feet and buttocks, symptoms of HFMD, the provincial health authorities said.

On May 3, doctors at the No. 1 People's Hospital of Changde diagnosed her with HFMD and said she should be admitted to hospital.

But the family took her home, where her condition deteriorated and she fell into coma.

The baby was rushed to the hospital the next day but died at 5:20am yesterday. Experts confirmed the presence of enterovirus 71 or EV71, which has claimed most of the other 27 children's lives.

Of those deaths, 22 were from Fuyang in Anhui Province, three from Guangdong Province which borders Hunan on the south, one in Zhejiang Province.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwest China reported one fatality last night.

Infections across the country rose to 15,868 yesterday as six more provincial areas joined China's list of HFMD outbreak areas, bringing the total number to 18.

The new areas were Shanghai with 1,988 cases, Yunnan in southwest China with 113 cases, Guangxi with 169, the northeastern province of Jilin with 65, the southernmost Hainan Province, 81, and Macau, 69.

Outbreaks have also occurred in the provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi and the municipalities of Beijing and Chongqing.

The number of HFMD cases has been growing fast since last Friday when China put HFMD on its contagious diseases list.

Beijing yesterday suspended classes at two kindergartens in Chaoyang and Haidian districts with a "high concentration" of HFMD cases.:tiphat:

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Expert Consultation two cases of children with severe Jiangsu anti-EV71 schools are required to Chen Jian

2008-05-06 07:08:43​

Yesterday in Jiangsu Province Health Department set up a paediatrics, ICU, infection Branch, the Chinese pediatrics, nursing and hospital infection control experts, such as 15 "hand-foot-mouth disease in Jiangsu Province medical treatment expert group" to enhance the capacity of medical treatment And the level of

Yesterday afternoon, the Office of Jiangsu Provincial Health Organization expert group held its first meeting, the meeting defined the Hand, Foot and mouth disease in the medical treatment of the Group of responsibilities, the provincial-level expert group set up a working mechanism, and in-depth discussion of the Jiangsu Province, hand, foot and mouth disease medical treatment Technology programmes. The experts also confirmed EV71 of the current two cases of severe infection in children with hand, foot and mouth for a consultation. It is learnt that children are still fully in the rescue.

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Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common and highly contagious childhood ailment that can be prevented by washing hands often and thoroughly. But people must know about the disease to practice vigilance. Thousands of children in China have contracted the disease, and international health officials raised questions before China?s closed media system reported a government announcement. ?Communist Party officials often instinctively shy away from releasing even relatively benign news for fear of causing greater panic, only to find later that the dearth of information sowed more panic than the information itself probably would have,? writes Nicholas Zamiska for the Wall Street Journal. Timely and truthful news releases can reduce both disease and panic. ? YaleGlobal

Virus in China Highlights an Old Problem
Delayed response to outbreak spurs rumors of a cover-up



Nicholas Zamiska
The Wall Street Journal, 6 May 2008



HONG KONG ? A tight-lipped Chinese government response to a common childhood illness ? albeit a more lethal outbreak than usual ? underscores how China's propaganda machine, geared to controlling political discourse, still struggles to communicate information about disease with an increasingly educated public.

As of Monday, the outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD, that started in China's eastern Anhui province has affected 8,531 children, most below the age of two, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Twenty-five children, nearly all of whom lived in Fuyang city of Anhui province, have died in the latest outbreak.

While cases of the illness, whose unusually high death rate first caught the attention of international health officials, first showed up in early March, according to an earlier Xinhua report, official word from the government was released only in late April, allowing rumors to simmer for weeks.

The vacuum of information has taken its toll on the local government and health officials involved in the outbreak, as some Chinese media outlets have suggested there was a cover-up. Communist Party officials often instinctively shy away from releasing even relatively benign news for fear of causing greater panic, only to find later that the dearth of information sowed more panic than the information itself probably would have.

An official with the Ministry of Health in Beijing said he thought an active cover-up was unlikely, and that incompetence among inexperienced local health officials was the more likely culprit. "The local doctors did not know how to deal with this," he said. If there was a slow response, it was "because they don't know about this disease...; maybe the technical capacity of the local health workers is not high and needs to be improved."

Hans Troedsson, the World Health Organization's chief representative in China, said that while the death of children for whatever reason will rightly spark concern, this particular virus is a routine and common illness in the region.

"It's nothing to be worried about. This is a common childhood disease. We've seen outbreaks like this in the region," including Singapore, Vietnam and elsewhere in China, Dr. Troedsson said. "We'll see more cases. But there's no reason for alarm."

Singapore has tallied 9,026 cases of the disease so far this year, according to a statement issued by the city-state's Ministry of Health in late April, noting that the disease is "endemic in Singapore and there will be yearly seasonal outbreaks."

Over the past week, officials from the Ministry of Health in Beijing have issued strong statements emphasizing the need to swiftly tackle the spread of the disease. Xinhua reported Monday that 10 doctors and officials in Anhui province had been punished for "their misdeeds in handling the hand-foot-mouth disease," citing unnamed official sources. Two doctors were sanctioned for delaying moving a patient to a larger hospital, and other doctors were punished for profiteering off sick patients.

Hand, foot and mouth disease can affect adults, but young children are most vulnerable. While the mortality rate of the current outbreak of HFMD in China is very high compared with that of previous outbreaks ? raising questions about exactly what mix of factors might be contributing to the deaths ? China's Health Ministry has pinpointed the particular subtype of virus behind the outbreak in Anhui, according to Dr. Troedsson, who met with Chen Zhu, China's health minister, Monday afternoon.

"This is hand, foot and mouth disease, not some severe pneumonia spreading among families," said Yuen Kwok-yung, chairman of microbiology at the University of Hong Kong. "I expect it every year.... It's nothing compared to SARS or bird flu." A local Chinese newspaper had reported that residents of Fuyang were referring to the mystery illness as "Baby SARS."

Still, Dr. Yuen doesn't think that the scrutiny of Chinese health officials is a bad thing. "When you have such a heightened awareness about infectious diseases, when the real thing comes you're ready for it," he said. :tiphat: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=10758

 

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Beijing hand, foot and mouth disease in a 24-hour network reported no kindergartens will be closed straight (AP)
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昨天，劲松三区幼儿园放学后，孩子被家长接走。​

Yesterday, the three districts Jinsong kindergarten after school, the children was picked up by parents.

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If the suspension to be agreed by the health education department
(Li Meng) yesterday, against a Beijing media reported two kindergarten because of hand, foot and mouth disease incidence and aggregation of some of the closed, the city CDC said that there is no kindergarten will be closed.
According to informed sources, "Jinsong, Chaoyang District, in a kindergarten in hand, foot and mouth disease incidence has been part of the gathering will be closed," the report, Chaoyang District, the CDC immediately kindergarten hand, foot and mouth disease cases investigated and confirmed that the Park Is not closed. In addition, because of hand, foot and mouth disease has been allowed to achieve a 24-hour network reported, the CDC will have the first time in the nurseries in primary schools or in the hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic, but the report on the current figures, the majority distributed Cases, there is no focus on the situationIn addition, because the city currently no mandatory requirements for nurseries in primary or a hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak immediately after the close, however, if the suspension is also subject to health and education administrative departments concerned.

Beijing CDC said that after verification, the city currently has no kindergartens will be closed the case, if there is outbreak will promptly inform the media.
Yesterday, the reporter from Beijing Youan Hospital and Children's Hospital was informed that, at present, to the hand, foot and mouth disease out-patient treatment of patients with the most common cases of light, has been identified by the EV71 virus infection of critical cases.
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The parents said not received notice will be closed
Yesterday, 16:40 about a dozen parents as usual came to the three districts Jinsong kindergarten entrance to their children. Dr. Wong said that parents, have not yet received the suspension notice, the teacher only advised parents not to the best children to kindergartens and other public facilities. "But we can only their children to kindergarten, not on the Moren Kan." Kindergarten teacher Wang said, "We have a day care doctors in charge of inspection, the lessons never stop."
19:00 about 10 people out greetings in kindergartens, one of the plastic bags exposed female Stephen Bai Dagua 3.10. The kindergarten teacher guide, this reporter interviewed a staff member of the CDC, said the other inconvenient disclose the specific content. When a reporter asked Wang to teachers, she said, "We opened the business", they refused to be interviewed. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080507/n256703119.shtml

 

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Milk powder incident in Fuyang City to report that the epidemic
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Fuyang City in Anhui Province People's Hospital Quality Control Office Director, Dr. Liu Xiaolin, director of pediatrics did not expect, a common Jiaojie Ban, inadvertently opened a major public health incidents big screen. Ministry of Health and the Anhui Provincial Health Office of the leadership of the Fuyang EV71 epidemic first discovered and reported to be given a high rating.
Four years ago, Fuyang inferior milk powder led to "Datouwawa" the report and are also reflected Liu Xiaolin.
Children with abnormal mortality alert
From March onwards, Fuyang City has several hospitals to be treated with oral fever, hand, foot and buttock skin rash consisting mainly of patients, with a few brain, heart, lung serious damage.
March 28 afternoon, Fuyang City People's Hospital, director of pediatric physicians, Liu Xiaolin as usual into the wards night shifts. At this time, intensive care room has two children living at the same time, the same condition, are difficulty in breathing, vomit pink phlegm, symptoms of pneumonia, also showed symptoms of acute pulmonary edema, but in some other symptoms, but with In contradiction with pneumonia.
"At this time nurse told me on March 27 have the same symptoms of a child killed." Liu Xiaolin said at the time, she had hand, foot and mouth disease Shannian. Occupational sensitive and strong sense of responsibility, to let Liu Xiaolin alert.
At March 29, Liu Xiaolin leading to a report. 6:00 am, Liu Xiaolin to the CDC report on the city. In the morning, the city on the CDC experts to the hospital to understand the situation, collecting specimens. Since then, the relevant situation was reported to the Ministry of Health. April 23, the Ministry of Health, provincial and municipal experts attending contractor, identified as hand, foot and mouth disease.
April 26, the Ministry of Health Minister Chen Zhu spoke highly of Liu Xiaolin praised, saying that can contribute to control the epidemic.

4年前揭劣质奶粉黑幕​

4, Qian Jie Inside Story of inferior milk powder

2004年上半年，阜阳?大头娃娃?事件引起国内外的高度关注，同时揭开了国内劣质奶粉的生产和销售黑幕。​

The first half of 2004, Fuyang "Datouwawa" incident has aroused great concern at home and abroad, has opened a domestic inferior milk powder production and marketing of Inside Story.

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So far, few people knew that first revealed the Inside Story of the people is also Liu Xiaolin.
In early 2004, on duty when she found a phenomenon that came to the medical treatment of children with many of the first relatively large, the checks are from malnutrition, but with different characteristics in general malnutrition.
Investigations, Liu Xiaolin found that many children from poor families, but the consumption of milk and many, it has deepened her doubts about the quality of the milk powder. Later, the test results prove that the quality of serious non-standard milk powder. Subsequently, Liu Xiaolin to the news media reflect this situation. Many domestic media had reported to be rapidly and cause the central leadership attaches great importance to make the incident soon be resolved. And reports of inferior milk powder incident different, Liu Xiaolin not the first choice to the media reflect the situation.

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"The matter with the 'Datouwawa' nature not the same. I must be in accordance with the law a report on an upward." "If not reflect the effect of the case, I may choose the media." Liu Xiaolin said. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h....jrj.com.cn/news/2008-05-07/000003614991.html

 

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Guangdong discovers 3,100 hand and foot stomatopathy
2008-05-07 00:57

[on.cc special news]Guangdong Province health department disclosed on Tuesday that up to the same day 10:00 am, this province altogether reported the hand and foot stomatopathy case 3,100 examples, increase 1,408 again compared to May 5, at present does not have the addition death case temporarily. Demonstrated continuously according to Guangdong Province health department 3 day-long notification data that for the last few days Guangdong Province's hand and foot mouth case number assumes the large rise the condition,:tiphat: http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=ou...k=11d1def534ea1be0--4fd0bfef-119b6229670-7767

 

[Treyfish]

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Over 11,900 Cases

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Over 11,900 Cases

EV71 virus could trigger other new
Date: [2008-05-07]Experts said the simple method of prevention is washing hands frequently ventilation

- (Lin Jing) As at 10 o'clock yesterday, Guangdong Province were reported cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease 3100 cases, no new deaths occurred.Yesterday, the Guangzhou City People's Hospital, the eighth vice president Zhang Fu-chun were guests in the 21 cn network that this year, hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic all over the serious than in previous years, the number of cases in Guangdong every day in growth, while the raging EV71 may be due to gene Change and become serious, may also trigger other new viruses.

He also reminded the public not to panic, the simple prevention methods and is washing hands frequently, ventilation, isolation source of infection, disease, indicating the child's best not to stay in hospital a long time, to prevent cross-infection.

EV71 this year's global rampant

Chang Fu-chun said, hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by a variety of viruses, including the Coxsackie virus, the virus can be Egyptian and enterovirus 71 (EV71), the most common type is the Coxsackie virus A16 and EV71, relative to Said, EV71 virus found to be relatively late, and cause the symptoms of more serious, leading to death.

He said that the virus this year in the number of global incidence is rising. "I took part in the organization of the Ministry of Health of the National Hand, Foot and mouth disease control at the television and telephone conference that the world has the incidence, particularly in Southeast Asia. Singapore, the incidence of this year increased by 50%, Taiwan's cases are increasing, China's current So far, there are cases have been reported around 26,000 cases. "Chang Fu-chun said that the number of cases in Guangdong are also increasing.

This year, one month ahead of the epidemic

Guangdong Province of hand, foot and mouth disease on May 2 from the 925 cases, up to the current level of more than 1,000 cases of this, Chang Fu-chun said that the disease on May 2, is not included in the reporting system, including the Children's Hospital There are many patients do not need to. Informed by now, so people will feel this year than last year, a serious epidemic.

He explained that this year the country's epidemic, hand, foot and mouth disease in one month earlier than last year, compared with the hot and humid climate in Guangzhou have a certain relationship. Why this epidemic has become a very serious ? In response, Chang Fu-chun said: "The virus is evolving, there are many, may cause hand, foot and mouth disease and other illnesses. EV71 this year, but the occurrence of the epidemic has become relatively heavy, with certain genes of the virus has changed Relations. "He also mentioned that, EV71 Festival may become other new viruses, lead to more serious diseases.

Intestinal virus is a period of high

Hand, Foot and mouth disease virus is caused by a variety of common infectious diseases, the incidence is mainly infants and young children, most of whom are under 5 years of age, more common under the age of 3. Most of the patients with symptoms of fever and hand, foot, mouth parts, such as herpes or a skin rash, in addition to fever, is the hand, foot, mouth, buttocks, trunk will also appear rash, the majority of cases can be cured , Only a small number of cases will be complications, encephalitis, respiratory infections, individual cases will cause death. The Fuyang, there are many cases, Guangdong has several deaths. Multiple intestinal infectious diseases in summer and autumn, from May to July is relatively high, have occurred throughout the country.

Very few infected adult onset
Chang Fu-chun said that the gastro-intestinal virus is easily transmitted, is the primary means of communication digestive tract. All are vulnerable, particularly children. But because the adults infected with the virus, most will automatically generate immunity, little morbidity, but the adult infection may be infected children. After the child is not disinfected, will be transmitted to other children.

Guangzhou Children's Hospital president Gong four in an interview also said that the hand, foot and mouth disease almost 99 percent are hidden infection, that is, there are 100 people infected with the virus, only one person get sick and demonstrated, the most People infected with the life of dozens of intestinal virus, but once infected with the virus will have a life-long immunity.

User questions

Netizen: What are the symptoms in infants and young children to go to the hospital ?
Chang Fu-chun: infant and child has a fever, parents should have the attention of hand or foot injury, or there is oral herpes or ulcers. If so, measuring the body temperature to the hospital and stay in some specimens, such as feces, and so on. Check out, early detection and early treatment.

User: Chu Shuidou with these symptoms do not like what ?

Chang Fu-chun: with a clear difference between chicken pox, chicken pox disease will also appear, but the body will appear blisters, it is crystal lucent, not necessarily in the hands of mainly trunk. And hand, foot and mouth disease is mainly hand, foot and mouth. Red is the beginning of the rash, and later became herpes, herpes is there are liquids, and chicken pox than hardware, began as a small grain of rice, is relatively hard, do not itch, do not leave scars.

fever and common cold What is the difference between ?

Chang Fu-chun: the early stage of the same, that is, children do not want to eat, noisy, high body temperature over 38 degrees. Then rash. Parents depend on the hands, feet, because the child's skin relatively soft, easy to find. However, the symptoms of children changes faster, there will be a cough or other changes, should be as soon as possible to the hospital.

children should not attend kindergarten ?
Chang Fu-chun: It should be noted that the present is the Hand, Foot and mouth disease epidemic season, so we do not propose to infants and young children to the local crowd. Second, in preschools and primary schools, parents should note that if this happened in the home. Once the school found that the disease, there is a need to be closed. Hospitals should follow the norms do a good job of infection control, to avoid cross-infection. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh|en&u=http://www.xkb.com.cn/view.php?id=246117

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Over 11,900 Cases

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Over 11,900 Cases

THE number of hand, foot and mouth infections in China surged to nearly 16,000 and two more children have died, bringing the death toll to 28. . . .
A toddler died of HFMD yesterday in central China's Hunan Province, . . . .
Experts confirmed the presence of enterovirus 71 or EV71, which has claimed most of the other 27 children's lives.

Of those deaths, 22 were from Fuyang in Anhui Province, three from Guangdong Province which borders Hunan on the south, one in Zhejiang Province.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwest China reported one fatality last night.

Location of 3 provinces and one autonomous region with human deaths from EV71.

 

[Snowy Owl]

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Over 11,900 Cases

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Over 11,900 Cases

Al,

Do you have a map for those provinces that would show three importants factors.
! - History of High Velocity bugs by Provinces
2 - The level of Exportations
3 - The level of importations via Tourism..

I know that is quite a lot, but in such an exercise, we could come to quite a few conclusions.

Snowy

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Enterovirus in China ? update [from WHO website]
7 May 2008 --

As of 5 May, 4,496 cases, including 22 deaths, of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) due to enterovirus 71 (EV71) have been reported among infants and young children in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, China. There are currently 1,391 cases receiving medical care in hospital, with no additional deaths for 5 consecutive days.

HFMD became a notifiable disease in China on 2 May.

Because of this change in reporting policy and the increased awareness of the general public about the disease, it is expected there will be an increase in the number of reported cases in the next weeks and months from Anhui province and the rest of China.

The Government of China has assured WHO of its strong technical and political commitment to control the disease in Anhui and other provinces.

In addition to enhanced surveillance, as there is no specific treatment for enterovirus infections and a vaccine is not currently available, a nation-wide health campaign is ongoing, stressing the need for personal hygiene, especially hand washing.

Additional resources have also been provided to paediatric health care providers by the Ministry of Health.

HFMD is a common and usually mild childhood disease.

EV71 is a frequent cause of HFMD epidemics associated with neurological disease in a small proportion of cases.

There have been a number of outbreaks of EV71 HFMD in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997.

Outbreaks have been reported in Malaysia (1997), Taiwan , China (1998), Australia (1999) and Singapore (2000) among other areas in the region.

WHO advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions relating to China while reinforcing the need for prevention through enhanced personal hygiene.
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[Shiloh]

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 26 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/07/content_8123982.htm

China hand-foot-mouth infections hit 16,778
www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-07 21:57:36

BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported in China this year jumped to 16,778 as of Wednesday, resulting in 28 deaths, according to a Xinhua tally of local official figures.

The figure stood at 15,799 on Monday, Xinhua found.

The rising number was not a sign of deteriorating situation, but mainly due to a recent order by the Ministry of Health that made HFMD a class C epidemic, the incidence of which must be reported.

The northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region reported 131 sporadic infections, according to Wang Wenrui, an official with the region's disease control and prevention center.

The local government has ordered shut down of all kindergartens and implementation of morning inspection at primary schools in the worst-hit Dengkou County until the epidemic eases.

Tianjin reported 134 HFMD cases, including 113 children below five years old.

A local health official said the disease occurred annually in the city, usually increasing starting in April and peaking in the summer.

The northwestern Qinghai Province also reported nine HFMD infections, which were not triggered by EV71 on the basis of medical tests.

The nine children were receiving treatment in a hospital in the provincial capital Xining.

In the worst-hit province of Anhui in east China, the total number of infections has risen to 6,545. Currently, 104 patients remain in critical conditions and 3,166 have been released from hospital.

So far, EV71 is blamed for most of the 28 deaths in the outbreak of the disease. Of all the victims, 22 were in Anhui and three in Guangdong, with the rest in Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Hunan, respectively.

The epidemic has spread to nearly 20 provinces across the country. Experts and officials kept asking the public not to panic and help children adopt preventive sanitary measures.
Editor: Feng Tao

 

[Shiloh]

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 28 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 28 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-05/08/content_6671105.htm

Death toll from viral outbreak rises to 30
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-08 16:02

Contagious hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) had led to 30 deaths in China as of Thursday morning, according to Xinhua's tally based on confirmed death reports from provincial-level health bureaus.

Two children died of the enterovirus 71 (EV71) virus, which caused them to develop HFMD, in the southernmost Hainan Province, a provincial health department official said on Thursday. He did not say when they had died.

According to the latest figures from the provincial health department, 180 cases of HFMD were reported by Thursday, of which five were confirmed to be infected with the EV71 virus.

The central province of Hunan and the southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported their first and only HFMD deaths on Wednesday.

 

[Commonground]

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 28 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 28 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

China virus prompts warning

By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, May 9, 2008


MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan ? Americans traveling to China should take certain health precautions following an outbreak of a highly infectious virus that has killed 26 children since late March, according to military medical officials.

As a first step, they urge active-duty servicemembers and their families headed to China to stop by a base public health office for a travel medical briefing.

It?s a recommendation they extend to anyone going to a foreign location, not just China, according to Maj. Mahendra Kabbur, public health flight commander at Misawa Air Base.

While it?s still safe to go to China, Kabbur and Lt. Col. Cheryl Lowry, 35th Aerospace Medical Squadron commander at Misawa, said travelers should wash their hands frequently, drink bottled water and eat fruit that can be peeled. Travelers should also avoid salad, ice cubes and ice cream, especially in rural areas. Also, they should reconstitute powdered baby formula with bottled water, Lowry said.

Those precautions apply not to just China but elsewhere throughout Asia and overseas, where water sources might be contaminated.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing posted information about the outbreak on its Web site, noting there were no specific precautions to heed other than the general hygiene recommendations for living in China.

The outbreak of enterovirus 71 ? which can cause a severe type of hand, foot and mouth disease ? has sickened more than 5,000 people since late March, mostly in rural eastern China. Fuyang, about 500 miles south of Beijing, is among the hardest hit cities, with 362 new cases reported as of Monday, according to The Associated Press.

The World Health Organization said the virus is unlikely to be a threat to the Beijing Olympics in August, since it is a disease mostly affecting young children, the AP reported.

Enterovirus 71 can cause a number of diseases and is of particular concern for children younger than 5, Lowry said, noting that adults tend to have some immunity. In more serious cases, the virus can cause meningitis, Kabbur said. There is no vaccine.

The number of cases is expected to peak in June or July, according to the World Health Organization.


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[Shiloh]

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 28 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Re: China: EV-71 outbreak Kills 28 Children Nationwide, Approximately 16,000 Cases

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/08/content_8131691.htm

China's hand-foot-mouth cases rise to 21,502
www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-08 21:20:31

BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) -- China has reported 21,502 hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases so far this year by Thursday, resulting in 30 deaths, according to a Xinhua tally of local official figures.

The figure stood at 19,962 on Wednesday, Xinhua found.

The rising number was not a sign of a deteriorating situation, but mainly because of a recent order by the Ministry of Health that made HFMD a class C epidemic, the incidence of which must be reported.

The eastern Shandong Province reported 1,440 HFMD cases on Thursday. The southernmost Hainan Province updated the number of infections to 180 and the northwestern Qinghai Province updated the number to 10 on Thursday.

The Shandong health authority asked the grassroots hospitals to immediately shift children with fever under five years old bigger hospitals for better treatment.

So far, EV71 is blamed for most of the 30 deaths in the outbreak of the disease. Of all the victims, 22 were in Anhui, three in Guangdong and two in Hainan, with the rest in Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Hunan, respectively.