China-large suspected meningitis epidemic

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Qingdao July mysterious outbreak of large-scale epidemic, the experts said suspected meningitis infection
July 15, 2008
Into the July 2008, Qingdao University Hospital, Qingdao City Hospital, and other major hospitals every day, packed with tens of thousands of urban areas in all directions from Qingdao came from other small and medium-sized hospitals and the referral of suspected flu-like symptoms from the crowd . These patients is a common clinical features are intense headaches, vomiting, high fever and other symptoms Butui, many elderly and children is more severe symptoms, often associated with liver, kidney and respiratory failure complicated by other symptoms. As of July 15, Qingdao urban areas within the total number of infections to 16 million people, killed 1,251 people.
With the increasing number of infected persons, civil fear is spreading. Qingdao City health sector in order to appease the mood of the masses, first through the media, external experts is that influenza infection, said no large-scale spread of the disease, with a view to appease dissatisfied with the masses. But as the number of sick people who died and a sharp increase in the number of people privately speculate whether this is what kind of disease ?
July 12, the Qingdao municipal government organized the city's Health Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control study of the staff held meetings, first proposed at the infectious diseases as suspected epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (ECM) infection. In order to ensure that the upcoming Olympic Games sailing competition will not be affected by the epidemic, the meeting will be clear by the disease outbreak as a top-secret Miji be kept confidential, and urged all levels of health care units to patients with strict confidentiality, to take all possible measures of Isolate patients, in addition to the tight, loose, still insist that the external pandemic flu.
According to the medical profession concerned said that the ECM was caused by meningococcus of suppurative inflammation, has strong infectious, the annual winter and spring, the incidence of meningitis can be acute bacterial sexually transmitted diseases account for the first. ECM three susceptible population are children, the elderly and migrant workers.
First of all invasive meningococcal respiratory tract, patients on the first day of the onset of a similar upper respiratory tract infection symptoms like fever, stuffy nose and a slight cough. To the first 2-3 days, pathogenic bacteria will soon enter the blood system, destroyed by the enemy of normal human blood cells, the formation of sepsis, leading to infection toxic shock. Shivering in the performance of high fever, looking pale and Jingshenbuzhen, on a plaque or sediment deposition point. Bacteria will be through the blood-brain barrier, into the brain tissue, leading to meningitis, a severe headache, vomiting spray, and even convulsions.
ECM central nervous system caused by infection, if not timely and effective treatment, patients may be due to circulatory failure, respiratory failure and death, the mortality rate as high as 10 percent.:tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h....shtml&usg=ALkJrhhpd5vknTX_Bium0dp6ksMRkNxPMQ
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Qingdao large-scale outbreak of infection like meningitis epidemic
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【新唐人07月15日讯】(阿波罗网7月15日报道）進入2008年7月以来，青岛大学附属医院、青岛市立医院等各大医院每天都挤满了数以万计的从青岛市区四面八方赶来以及从其他中小医院转诊过来的疑似感冒症状的人群。​

[New Tang Dynasty July 15 - (Apollo network July 15 report) into the July 2008, Qingdao University Hospital, Qingdao City Hospital, and other major hospitals are crowded with tens of thousands every day from the Qingdao The urban areas in all directions came from other small and medium-sized hospitals and the referral of suspected flu-like symptoms over the crowd.

这些患者共同的临床特徵是都有剧烈头疼、呕吐、高热不退等症状，许多老人和儿童症状更为剧烈，往往还伴有肝、肾、呼吸衰竭等其他幷发症状。​

These patients is a common clinical features are intense headaches, vomiting, high fever and other symptoms Butui, many elderly and children is more severe symptoms, often associated with liver, kidney and respiratory failure, and other幷the symptoms.

截止到7月15日，青岛市区范围内累计感染人数达到16万人，死亡1251人。​

As of July 15, Qingdao urban areas within the total number of infections to 16 million people, killed 1,251 people.

随着感染人数不断增加，民间恐慌情绪也在不断蔓延。​

With the increasing number of infected persons, civil fear is spreading.

青岛市卫生部门为了安抚群众情绪，先是派专家通过媒体对外宣称是流行性感冒感染，幷称该病不会大规模蔓延，以期安抚群众不满。​

Qingdao City health sector in order to appease the mood of the masses, first through the media, external experts is that influenza infection,幷said no large-scale spread of the disease, with a view to appease dissatisfied with the masses.

但是随着人们身边患病人数和死亡人数在急剧增加，人们私下猜测这究竟是种什么怪病？​

But as the number of sick people who died and a sharp increase in the number of people privately speculate whether this is what kind of disease ?

7月12日，青岛市政府组织全市卫生局、疾病控制中心有关人员召开研究会议，会上首次提出此次传染疾病为疑似流行性脑脊髓膜炎（简称流脑）感染。​

July 12, the Qingdao municipal government organized the city's Health Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control study of the staff held meetings, first proposed at the infectious diseases as suspected epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (ECM) infection.

为了确保即将召开的奥运会帆船比赛不会因此疫情而受到影响，会议明确提出将此次疾病疫情列为绝密密级加以保密，幷要求各级卫生医疗单位对患者严格保守秘密，采取一切可能的强制措施隔离患者，此外还要内紧外松，对外仍要坚持宣称是流行感冒。​

In order to ensure that the upcoming Olympic Games sailing competition will not be affected by the epidemic, the meeting will be clear by the disease outbreak as a top-secret Miji be kept confidential,幷called on all levels of health and medical units to patients with strict confidentiality, to take all possible measures of Isolate patients, in addition to the tight, loose, still insist that the external pandemic flu.

据医疗界有关人士介绍说，流脑是由脑膜炎双球菌引起的化脓性炎症，具有较强的传染性，每年冬春季，流脑的发病率可以占到急性细菌性传染病的第一位。​

According to the medical profession concerned said that the ECM was caused by meningococcus of suppurative inflammation, has strong infectious, the annual winter and spring, the incidence of meningitis can be acute bacterial sexually transmitted diseases account for the first.

流脑三大易感人群是儿童、老人和民工。​

ECM three susceptible population are children, the elderly and migrant workers.

脑膜炎双球菌首先侵入呼吸道，患者会在发病的第一天出现类似上呼吸道感染的症状，如发热、鼻塞及轻微咳嗽等。​

First of all invasive meningococcal respiratory tract, patients on the first day of the onset of a similar upper respiratory tract infection symptoms like fever, stuffy nose and a slight cough.

到了第2?3天，致病细菌很快進入血液系统，破坏掉人体正常的血细胞，形成败血症，导致感染中毒性休克。​

To the first 2-3 days, pathogenic bacteria will soon enter the blood system, destroyed by the enemy of normal human blood cells, the formation of sepsis, leading to infection toxic shock.

患者表现为寒战高热、面色苍白、精神不振，身上出现淤斑或淤点。​

Shivering in the performance of high fever, looking pale and Jingshenbuzhen, on a plaque or sediment deposition point.

病菌还会通过血脑屏障，進入到脑组织中，导致脑膜炎，出现剧烈头痛、喷射性呕吐，甚至抽搐。​

Bacteria will be through the blood-brain barrier, into the brain tissue, leading to meningitis, a severe headache, vomiting spray, and even convulsions.

流脑引起的中枢神经系统感染，若得不到及时有效的治疗，患者可能因循环衰竭、呼吸衰竭而死亡，死亡率高达10％左右​

ECM central nervous system caused by infection, if not timely and effective treatment, patients may be due to circulatory failure, respiratory failure and death, the mortality rate as high as 10 percent :tiphat: http://translate.google.com/transla...n&q=qingdao+epidemic+July+2008&sl=en&tl=zh-CN

 

[Oracle]

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EPIDEMIC CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS

www.cmu.edu.cn/course2007/crb/文档文件/ECM.ppt

Apparently, NE China has a problem with this disease.
www.cmu.edu.cn/course2007/crb/文档文件/ECM.ppt

Neisseria meningitidis, Type A in China. According to these notes, this epidemic is WAY out of typical seasonal occurrence. Prevented by vaccination. Highly contagious, population is widely susceptible. Average 2-3 days (range 1-10) incubation to initial symptoms.

One of the pages I pulled up was interesting.

Extracted from the American JournaI of the Medical Sciences, February, 1919, No. 2, vol. Clvii, p. 210. EPIDEMIC CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS AT CAMP BEAUREGARD, LA. http://www.vlib.us/medical/landry/menpaper.htm


Aww jesu. This is NOT a good time for China to stick it's head in the sand and pretend it's not happening.

The Olympics venue is only six hours away by high-speed train.

 

[Commonground]

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News> press briefing> whole point NEWS

The whole point Highlights July 15 - 10:00 pm Eastern update

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3. Network news, Qingdao mysterious outbreak of suspected meningitis epidemic infection According to information provided by the mainland netizens into the July 2008, Qingdao major hospitals crowded with tens of thousands of flu-like symptoms of the crowd. As of July 15, Qingdao urban areas within the total number of infections to 16 million people, killed 1,251 people. July 12, the Qingdao municipal government organized the city's Health Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control study of the staff held meetings, saying that the very infectious diseases like encephalitis epidemic (ECM) infection. However, in order to ensure that the upcoming Olympic Games sailing competition will not be affected by the epidemic, the meeting of the epidemic as a top-secret information Miji, external insisted that the pandemic flu.




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Infectious diseases - meningitis

Meningitis is the infection of the central nervous children the most common form of the disease, is caused by a virus or bacterial infection.

The symptoms of viral meningitis is very minor, the symptoms of bacterial meningitis heavier. Mainly for sudden high fever, severe headache, frequent vomiting, skin, mucous membrane stasis, in particular the neck and muscle stiffness and other symptoms.

Emergency points>>>

● the above symptoms, timely treatment.

● avoid shopping malls, theaters, such as poor ventilation and staff gathered at the local time.

● with good epidemiological investigation and on-site disposal work.

Expert tips>>>

◆ found that people around the same symptoms appear, in time to the local Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

◆ a timely manner in accordance with the recommendations of doctors meningitis vaccine inoculation.

◆ the event of a pandemic, not Chuanmen and friends or to visit patients, not to bring children to public places.

On a theme: infectious diseases - AIDS

The next topic: infectious diseases - plague

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2008-07-05 | Qingdao Olympic painted on the medical and health protection "operational map"
Tags: Health Olympic Aofan Sai medical food safety
Qingdao Olympic painted on the medical and health protection "operational map"

Qingdao is a "Xiangzhuo Phnom Penh," the city. Therefore, every Qingdao, the enthusiasm of local friends will say, a beautiful coastal city of Qingdao is also available in a more beautiful place - "Qingdao, Phnom Penh." The so-called "Phnom Penh" is the eastern city of Qingdao, and other southern coastal regions.

2008 Beijing Olympic Games sailing competition on the competition venues in Phnom Penh on this. And also here in Qingdao City in 2008 Aofan Sai enacted various security measures and the focus of the center. Around the center, one of a radial Aofan Sai public health, emergency medical treatment, disease prevention, health emergency support "operational map" has been drawn finished.

Guarding public health, "the five regions," the 10 sound system

Qingdao City health systems bear the Austrian sail venues, signing hotels, cities, and other aspects of running restaurants, public places, such as drinking water and public health regulatory responsibility. "Operational map" will be divided into four regional security: Austrian sail venues, signing for a hotel region surrounding its 1,000 meters within the region for two; characteristics dining district, tourist attractions, such as window units for the three regions; other For the four regional monitoring units.

Each of the different levels of the region have formulated different levels of operational plan. On the implementation of a regional resident supervision, mainly by the Qingdao municipal responsible for the formation of a 57-fan base and Austria signed the hotel security team, the 33 dining establishments in all directions supervision of the implementation of two regional fixed-point supervision, mainly by Is responsible for the area, identified 32 sentinel staff, focusing on supervision of 266 units. The establishment of the six municipal inspection teams, a total of 30 people, one or two regional inspections are carried out and deal with unexpected incidents; implementation of the three regional mobile inspection by the Shandong Provincial Health Department mobilized 100 law enforcement officers and health field 120 Health Supervision inspection team composed of volunteers, the responsibility of the 952 polling units implemented; four regional implementation of the territoriality of management to the Office for the units, each community (neighborhood) 1-2 employ of the Public Health Association , The resident responsibility for the investigation and units.

Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau Secretary Cao Yong said that in public health protection, food safety and security of health is top priority. To this end, the Qingdao City establish and improve the comprehensive protection of the 10 health supervision system in order to establish and improve the food supply Aofan Sai requirements of the health and safety protection mechanism.

This system is the top 10: 1, the establishment of the Olympic Games HACCP food safety management system. Austrian sail center, reception and catering services to units in the full implementation of the HACCP food safety management. 2, the establishment of Aofan Sai food can be traced back system. From food production, processing, circulation and consumption, and so on all aspects of the establishment of a retrospective system, the race for the reunification of food labels for identification. 3, the establishment of the Olympic Food Inspection detection system. 7 Aofan Sai established a food safety laboratory testing systems and on-site mobile rapid detection system. Recipes for athletes full meal and water sanitation review, strict checks to ensure safety. 4, to build four regional security system. 5, sound logistics support system. 6, the establishment of Austrian sail food security organization and training system. 7, the establishment of the Olympic food safety information network system. Aofan Sai improve the food security monitoring information platform to ensure smooth and efficient food safety information and sent back to the food security situation in real-time dynamic monitoring, and the Ao Fansai food security situation of rapid and comprehensive grasp. 8, and improve protection of health supervision programme operating system. 9, the establishment of security experts Aofan Sai public health system. Aofan Sai formed a Committee of Experts on food safety, food hygiene experts, public health experts, nutrition experts, the Food Inspection detection experts, composed of experts in clinical medicine. 10, Aofan Sai sound public health emergency system security incidents. In the International Regatta, Qingdao City and the municipalities, the Department of Health set up a food poisoning, food (drinking water) pollution working group dealing with unexpected incidents, 24-hour duty system to ensure that the event of a sudden public health incidents, emergency Processing unit staff within 30 minutes to arrive at the scene for investigation and handling.

Emergency medical treatment of three-dimensional coverage in each region

Medical needs of all three-dimensional coverage in each region, is the Qingdao Aofan Sai emergency medical treatment to achieve the objectives and requirements. Through the figures Qingdao Aofan Sai glimpse into the protection of emergency medical treatment:

Austrian sail Centre, set up six stations, including athletes, the spectators, the Olympic village, four reception centres, such as Land stations and medical waters of race boats, ships, and so the audience two water stations and an emergency landing ; Equipped with 70 medical first-aid teams, 30 were in food hygiene and disease control monitoring teams, 28 were in doping control team.

Selecting a number of professional ability, medical ethics, and the excellent English bar staff, were set up seven professional 83 medical experts rescue teams, 70 teams of health care facilities and 20 of a total of 421 emergency medical rescue teams; Emergency vehicles equipped with various models 245, with pre-hospital emergency personnel more than 800 people in first-aid center, city hospitals and the municipal disease control center hotline services are a 24-hour bilingual service.

In order to better meet the needs of medical treatment Aofan Sai 2008, the Qingdao municipal government invested nearly 500 million yuan for the construction of the Qingdao City Hospital General Services Building.

Apart from providing first aid services and events for the public to provide day-to-day first-aid services, first-aid center in Qingdao City every day there will be 10 ambulances on standby 24 hours; upgraded the pre-hospital emergency communications dispatch system will achieve City 22 first-aid network communications unit scheduling And links with the neighboring city of five first-aid network interconnection.

From May this year, people with disabilities held in Qingdao International Regatta, Qingdao City Centre will be blood all the blood inventory than usual as high as 20 percent and the establishment of a rare blood type, including the non-remunerated blood donation volunteer emergency teams. Reservations at this team has registered more than 3,000 people.

Aofan Sai Hospital has been designated in accordance with the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee requirements, procurement completed more than 200 kinds of races medication, the current Drug Administration departments are on drugs for sampling. These drugs will be kept separate. Doctor's prescription written for the athletes, the prescription of the athletes will have significant capacity, or the use of drugs also have strict requirements, including stimulants drugs will be decked in a bilingual logo of the red seal.

Against unexpected injury occurs, the timely call to the state medical staff, the Austrian sail coordination committee set up an emergency first-aid channel call (799), and the ship prepared to measure the area of the canopy within an additional first aid, emergency treatment for the ; Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee in accordance with the requirements of experts, will visit the physiotherapy room from the center moved to the Olympic village, massage rooms and leisure together, physical therapy space from a bed extended to four.

Qingdao City Hospital and Tsing Yi Fuyuan as Aofan Sai designated hospitals, is being intensely carried out medical insurance before the final stage of the complete details of the work. Qingdao City Hospital official told reporters that the former two International Regatta on the basis of medical protection, in the process of service delivery, working mechanism, and other areas were refined and improved, the maximum provided for the shortest entries, the fastest Treatment channels. At the same time, hospitals will be from the hospital medical staff and training of medical students in the institutions collect a certain number of volunteers to provide bilingual guide consultation services. English medical advisory services telephone 66687172 has been opened, during the event will provide 24-hour service.

It is learnt that, in order to do a good job residual Aofan Sai medical protection, the designated hospitals also improved the barrier-free facilities, construction of car parks for the disabled, special lifts, toilets, disabled wards of the tables and chairs, beds and a high degree of design to Special equipment to facilitate people with disabilities.

Disease prevention and control to ensure that no major outbreaks of epidemic diseases

From the beginning of this year so far, the city of Qingdao has established 657 monitoring points, including cholera, measles, hand, foot and mouth disease, and other six categories of 15 kinds of infectious diseases to focus on monitoring from April 20, diarrhoeal diseases each hospital out-patient Kaizhen in advance, from May 5, in various monitoring points, the Austrian sail designated hospitals and hotels to receive common respiratory and intestinal infectious diseases related symptoms take the initiative to monitor, report on the implementation of the system, and Ao Fansai venues in the surrounding waters Retrieval of the cholera epidemic area of monitoring.

Secretary of Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau, said Cao Yong, in order to strengthen the focus on infectious disease prevention and control, effectively control the epidemic, Qingdao City against measles epidemic this year upward trend, the mobilization of 30 million people in the measles vaccine, measles launched a leak investigation replant work. Up to now completed mapping the city's 276,000 people, has replant 258,000 people, including focus groups and public service staff Aofan Sai 54,000 people.

Linkage to establish coordination mechanisms to monitor early warning, the Qingdao Aofan Sai disease prevention and control during an important link. Cao Yong said, the state and Qingdao City in Shandong Province for the opening of the disease specialist at straight interface. Through this window, the expert team can retrieve at home and abroad and the surrounding cities of infectious diseases dynamics, the 56 participating countries focused intention of monitoring, to strengthen epidemic information analysis and use. At the same time, implementing the department and experts to discuss co-duty system, in real-time analysis Aofan Sai during the epidemic, timely early warning and response measures proposed to prevent the importation of major infectious diseases, spread or outbreak.

Health and emergency 24-hour standby

Qingdao city, district (city) levels of emergency command and organization of work, a 24-hour duty system of administrative, medical and health emergency in force during the 24-hour race Beiqin standby to ensure that all the timely disposal of unexpected events.

May this year, Qingdao City, set up two bio-terrorist attacks rapid mobility Test team, two bio-terrorism operational units to deal with emergencies at the scene and two, health, explosion, robbery and other terrorist attacks in the pre-hospital emergency combat units. At the same time, a biochemical terrorist incidents types of analysis and study, formulated the "Qingdao City contingency plans for sudden public health incidents," such as plans for eight.

At present, Qingdao has established a biological and chemical poisoning, infection (respiratory and digestive tract), nuclear radiation, such as where four professional base, adjustment and perfection of the municipal emergency medical and health experts 133, 100 set up the 775 emergency team of medical and health And the blood contingency reserves team.

Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau Secretary Cao Yong said that in order to ensure that the Qingdao Aofan Sai during the health emergency in place, timely, Qingdao City 11 amendments to improve the emergency plans and medical and health relief programme, refining, is the disposal of the principles and the prevention and control Measures and the preparation of a biological terrorist emergency tips 10 and 31 characters Zhang Weisheng emergency procedures simplified charts, to facilitate the application of sound disease control, health surveillance, medical treatment, pre-hospital emergency treatment, the blood supply, health education and psychological intervention The professional emergency response team, according to Ao Fansai the emergency security needs, coordinate the relevant departments to further improve the emergency response vehicles, equipment and supplies such as Yaoxie reserves.

"To the whole, to small, think of the worst", Qingdao Aofan Sai medical and health protection, said Cao Yong, Qingdao City in the health system will "respond fastest, the best" principle, to further improve the various Organization of Security and respond to public health emergencies of various programmes and plans and strive to build a sound Aofan Sai medical security system to ensure Aofan Sai medical and health security. And health protection goal is make every effort to achieve "three guarantees, the two timely": Aofan Sai, the city does not ensure that a major outbreak of infectious diseases, ensure food and catering areas and drinking water hygiene and safety in public places to ensure that Of medical services in place; timely and proper disposal of public health emergencies of all kinds, timely job in other unexpected incidents of medical and health relief efforts.

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Hat tip to pugmom at Flu Wiki Forum.


More out of Qingdao
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7-16-08 http://www.peacehall.com/forum/200807/boxun2008a/463711.shtml

to: Father of the Luo Bin - 07/16/2008
07/16/2008 A: Bashu news agency: Qingdao mysterious outbreak of suspected meningitis epidemic infected father in Luo Bin 07/16/2008

Subject: Qingdao cold medicines suspected explosive surge in demand for large-scale epidemic
Boxun Forum
Qingdao cold medicines suspected explosive surge in demand for large-scale epidemic (1)
Lin Qing Zhou of China starting July 15, 2008

Cold medicines

[Qing Zhou Lin of China's recent report - someone storms expected, Qingdao possible outbreak of the mysterious disease, symptoms similar to flu, as of July 15, Qingdao urban areas within the total number of infections has reached 160,000 people, killed 1,251 people. Chinese reporters interviewed a pharmacy owner Qingdao Mr. Wu said the past 10 days, the purchase of cold medicines fever surge in the number of people, sustained fever Butui many people.
Wu said the boss, he is just from the Internet that the news. "Now in the information blockade, they do not want to let us know about this matter." But he opened a pharmacy on years of experience, he can clearly see that compared to previous years, this year's flu this time the number increased significantly. Especially in the past 10 days, to buy medicine for a cold fever surge in the number of people, sustained fever Butui many people.

Mr Ng said: "The provisions of prescription drugs is a prescription can be sold, however, such as a cold fever this relatively high incidence of the ordinary disease, we can direct to medicines." "Because I was a pharmacy, so I know that this time there are many patients in this area, high fever Butui medicines to the people of many. "

Mr. Wu said that he himself can not conclude that this is not influenza, but the next few days, he would like to ask to have so clearly in the end matter.....

 

[sharon sanders]

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Thanks everyone for working on this.

Flu Trackers is having a tough time obtaining, via the internet, any more information on this issue.

At this point we do not know if this is a rumour, or not.

 

[Oracle]

Re: China-large suspected meningitis epidemic

I suggest you either change the thread subject like (to unsubstantiated internet reports) OR mark the thread as 'invisible' until official reports emerge.

It's highly unlikely that millions could be infected and more than a thousand die from this 'mysterious' illness, without substantial number of reports flooding the internet out of China.

Even with tight internet security, there are simply too many external connections to tamp down. We're not hearing anything out of China, but rather out of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Tang_Dynasty_TV

This organization is highly critical of the Chinese Communist Party. A rumor of this nature could be very damaging to the success of the Olympics.

Media Hanky-panky is suspected.

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: China-large suspected meningitis epidemic

Thank you for the recommendation.

The title is correct. It says "suspected".

The location is correct. The thread is not in Current News.

If we do not comment on internet "rumours" then we are ignoring the existence of a media event. It is better that we research it and make our investigation public.

The public can decided for themselves.

Most of our readers know the political pressures that exist. China has many dissidents and other enemies who might want to disrupt the Olympics. It is better that we address these disease issues here than ignore them. This might serve to actually give credence to false information.

 

[Commonground]

Re: China-large suspected meningitis epidemic

I have spent the better part of the day searching for more news. I've yet to find any. I am leaning very heavily toward a "rumor".

 

[Treyfish]

Re: China-large suspected meningitis epidemic

Qingdao recent outbreak of viral meningitis / RFA
( (Boxun - July 17, 2008 reprint)
人。 Olympic Regatta to be held in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, the recent outbreak of flu caused by viral meningitis, many hospitals are packed with a high fever and headache patients. Internet users have symptoms that appear in attendance as many as 160,000, nearly 1,300 people dead. Some people criticized the authorities for the smooth progress of the Olympic Games, at depriving the people's right to know. Qingdao City Hospital doctors have admitted that due to influenza infection caused by viral meningitis this year, higher number, but denied patients died.
Qingdao City residents Mr Ng, Wednesday accepted the visit Taiwan at that, because of a cough Tuesday晚到Qingdao City Hospital clinics patients, found that the addition of a hospital emergency room, and access to the emergency room, filled with waiting patients. Health care workers to patients, if so severe headache, vomiting and high fever symptoms, especially in children, go directly to the emergency room treatment. Mr Ng come to the emergency room door to see all of the medical staff are on the protective clothing, is now trying to understand when it was within the medical staff to stop. Mr Ng said: I have a child, I would like to know why there is a high fever, vomiting, headache and other symptoms of patients, especially children, to enter the designated hospital emergency room treatment.

但​

But outside of the medical staff and was informed that I do not have these symptoms, did not take the child, called me to leave, I have repeatedly asked them why, they do not dare say, seems like a good nervous and sensitive.
Mr Ng means, the official did not announce the number of people infected with infectious diseases, on the Internet search and found that many netizens posting, on a number of recent surge in hospital patients, and the number of infections is as high as 160,000 people, but Nearly 1,300 people were killed and a suspected Internet users are large-scale spread of disease, but the post soon be removed, Mr Ng estimated that the authorities fear that the epidemic caused public panic, the impact of the upcoming Olympic sailing events, the Administration's approach, Mr Ng that is not surprising.

炎患者一样。​

This reporter at the Qingdao City Hospital for questioning, infection disease doctors and Xu Zhen means, the number of people seeking treatment of infectious diseases this year, more than some previous years, they are a result of influenza infection caused by viral meningitis, Xu , Said that, if handled properly, the mortality rate as high as 10%, with the same epidemic meningitis patients.

She said: At present the hospital with viral encephalitis, not death cases, but in the children's wards, where a child is more critical, life-threatening, but are in the rescue efforts, should be able to stabilize, Viral meningitis and meningitis similar, if handled properly, with the central nervous system infection, died of respiratory failure, the mortality rate as high as 10%, but of contagious and infectious epidemic meningitis stronger.
Dr. Xu Shuzhen that, because the hospital failed to statistics, we can not provide the exact number of patients, and hospitals have taken strict anti-infection measures, including isolation of all those infected, Xu Zhen means, viral meningitis more often See, the adult children will be infected, compared with the meningococcal meningitis epidemic caused by its lethal and infectious weak, the after-effects and lead to opportunities for the disabled also lower.
City Health Bureau officers on duty that the outbreak of viral meningitis city, also denied that the epidemic is spreading. He said: You can not say that we tolerate evasion epidemic, because in fact there is no epidemic, there is no outbreak of infectious diseases, control of infectious diseases, we are of great concern.
No statistics on duty personnel to the ground, refusing to provide influenza, epidemic meningitis and viral meningitis infection and death figures.

Meanwhile, according to overseas media, "Deutsche Welle" reports that the Qingdao Olympic Regatta the venue was suddenly closed Monday. Germany sailing sports manager refers to the Commission, the Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee simply informed the delegations that did not specify any reason and when they re-opened. The delegations guess, Qingdao City Administration was unable to effectively solve the problem of disaster, so take extreme means of closure field.

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Reporters at Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for questioning, local contact is responsible for coordinating the work of the Administration Department staff on duty that, the organizers have the right to security reasons, closed courts, and that will not affect the upcoming sailing competitions. He said: certainly will not affect the upcoming sailing competitions, we will not allow the race was lost.

Taiwan several times on the Qingdao municipal government office, but no one has been answering phones.

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/disease_qingdao-07162008105021.html?:tiphat: http://translate.google.com/transla...=qingdao+epidemic+July+17+2008&sl=en&tl=zh-CN

 

[Treyfish]

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In July Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic, Experts Suspect Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis
In July 2008, at the hospital affiliated with Qingdao University, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, and other large hospitals, every day tens of thousands of people exhibiting common cold symptoms have been referred from small and medium sized hospitals around the city. These patients all exhibit common symptoms including extreme headaches, vomiting, high fevers that do not break and other symptoms of illness. Senior citizens and children are exhibiting even more extreme symptoms that include liver and kidney ailments and difficulty breathing. As of July 15, the number of infected people in the urban district of Qingdao is 160,000, with 1251 deaths.
As the number of infected continued to rise dramatically, the Qingdao municipal government health department took action to placate the public mood. They mustered experts to proclaim in the media that it was merely an outbreak of infectious influenza, and reassured people that it would not spread widely. But this propaganda effort was unsuccessful, and as the number of those falling ill and dying continued to rise, people became increasingly worried about what kind of mysterious illness was spreading.
On July 12, the Qingdao municipal government convened a conference involving all the city health bureaus and illness control centers. At the conference, the circumstances of the epidemic were discussed, including the suspicion that it is epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. In order not to negatively impact the smooth hosting of the Olympics sailing competition, it was emphasized that news of the epidemic was to be classified as top secret and patients were to be quarantined. In addition, the policy of "loose on the outside, tight on the inside" was to be continued, with public statements continuing to maintain that the illness was due to infectious common colds.
http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2008/07/200807152309.shtml:tiphat: http://www.boxun.us/news/publish/ch...spect_Epidemic_Cerebrospinal_Meningitis.shtml

 

[Farmer]

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China Daily's response today:

Olympic co-host city dismisses rumor of epidemic

Xinhua
Updated: 2008-07-17 20:31

QINGDAO, Shandong Province -- Olympic co-host city Qingdao on Thursday shrugged off a rumor of an ongoing epidemic outbreak in the coastal resort, saying it was groundless.

An overseas website recently carried a story saying Qingdao, the sailing venue of the Beijing Olympics in eastern China's Shandong Province, was experiencing a mysterious epidemic which experts suspected as Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis (ECM), but a local health official said the story was untrue.
The ECM, an acute infectious disease caused by meningococcus, had obvious seasonal variation and usually peaked in Winter and Spring, from November to April, the official said.

Its incidence usually began to decline in May and fell to the lowest level in the period from July to October, he said.

"An outbreak in July as claimed in the report is against the natural development rule of the disease," he said.

He said the city reported 9,278 cases of infectious diseases so far this year, a decline of 19.93 percent year on year, and among these cases, only two were ECM, with no such report since July.

The city reported three ECM cases in the same period of last year, he added.

Meanwhile, the city's 657 public health monitoring stations had found no dramatic increase of high fever cases as of July 16, he said.

There was no "scare" at all among local residents because of the so-called "sharp increases of patients and deaths" as claimed in the website story, the official said.

He also said the city was transparent in epidemic information disclosure.

He promised, however, the city would continue to regularly publicize epidemic information and protect people's rights to know.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-07/17/content_6857106.htm

 

[Treyfish]

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:tiphat:Hatip to pugmom for this story about HFM in Qingdao.It is from a blogger there ,so maybe is a rumor too.The olympic torch will be there on Monday.I have seen 400 stories removed and 400 saying it is a rumor....SARS was a rumor and the large HFM outbreak started as a rumor..and we know China's reputation for their openess of disease reporting. Jus sayin.. I will be keeping an eye on it from time to time Qingdao/Chinese blogger
7-18-08
2008-7-18 12:36 PM short message information and personal space as a friend
Qingdao: the existence of the epidemic to be revealed!'ll Have to respond to the challenge before the news.
Recently, the Qingdao People's Hospital, linked to a notice card, which generally is: fever and rash with the children, to leave children fever channel. At the same time, Qingdao University Medical College Hospital clinics are also linked to a eye-catching signs, while the Ministry of Health note that the document to the effect that: According to People's Republic of China Ministry of Health Decree No. 41, was found on infectious diseases of children, will be To their isolation, hope parents understand.
Recently, the public, revealed to reporters in Qingdao, linked to this notice, so that hospital patients very tense. The public hospital has asked health care workers doing a very alert.
For this reason, this reporter at Qingdao University Medical College Hospital, Chuan Ranke intestinal clinic, a doctor on duty to answer a reporter's question. At the press repeatedly asked about the next, the doctors said, because of hand, foot and mouth disease is more concerned about the condition of this year, the first few months of hand, foot and mouth disease fever few, but a recent series of several cases of Hand, Foot and mouth disease occurred fever symptoms. When a reporter asked why the Special Decree No. 41 of the Ministry of Health wrote in the notice, the doctor said, because this requires a skin rash and fever in children Chuan Ranke intestinal first time out-patient first division seized, in order to prevent parents of children Uncooperative, so linked to the first notice. He also told reporters that specific figures should be asked CDC.
Reporter found, the Ministry of Health Decree No. 41 is "preventive health check-management approach" on June 2, 1995 released.
It was revealed that 39 health network, official reports, since 2008 Anhui Fuyang in March in children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease began, at 0:00 on May 1 to May 31, 24, only one month in May, the country hand-foot-report Mouth disease in 176,321 cases, 40 patients died. Hunan, which introduced the death of a child's illness is: children with Xie Zhimin, F, 1-year-old nine months, Xianning CHIBI guantangyi town Quan Hau Tsuen 7 group of people. Children in the May 10 with fever symptoms in the mouth-chuen clinic treatment by the local town hospital diagnosed as "suspected hand, foot and mouth disease", at noon on the 12th spun into CHIBI Po Hospital. At 20:00 on the 12th, because children with respiratory and circulatory failure, the rescue died. Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Center tested samples of patients, diagnosed as EV71 positive.
This reporter has learned that if the hand, foot and mouth disease in patients with a simple finger and toe the back of a rash, the condition is less serious, if fever, there will be myocarditis, aseptic meningitis, and complications such as pulmonary edema, can be serious Life-threatening.
Reporter also connected to the Qingdao University Medical College Hospital Director Chen Erkezhuanjia the phone, she said, "Now all out-patient pediatric patients with fever." Asked whether there would be but the risk of death, the Director Chen said. " Each year are the same, more early this year, the results are the same, not a hand, foot and mouth disease with encephalitis, no one died. "
According to Health Network, the Shanghai Public Health Center, professor of infectious Shan-Ming Wu, director in May to reporters stressed that the hand, foot and mouth disease like SARS prevention and treatment should be.
May the Ministry of Health has formally hand, foot and mouth disease into statutory management of infectious diseases. And stressed the "hand, foot and mouth disease is a worldwide pandemic of infectious diseases, occurs in infants and young children under 5 years of age, the higher mortality rate of severe cases, serious harm recently occurred in some regions of China by the EV71 virus intestinal infection caused by Hand, Foot and mouth disease epidemic, some localities due to the central nervous system, respiratory system damage caused by a small number of children killed. "
Qingdao has also opened up a Southern District CDC's telephone, after learning that reporters have to ask the current prevalence of infectious diseases Qingdao specific figures, the other side hung up the phone.
The reporter saw, the Ministry of Health Decree No. 41 is "preventive health check-management approach" and stressed that Article 23 of this approach by the Ministry of Health is responsible for the interpretation. Olympics approaching, some people questioned in Qingdao, the Qingdao is a major epidemic of hidden dangers. Now the hospital as Yan Jiang Yong, like the conscience of the doctors rarely, if they know also that it is very difficult.:tiphat: https://www.chinamule.com/redi...

 

[Treyfish]

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This story continues..:tiphat: Pugmom Qingdao

Qingdao Municipal Health Secretary for cases involving major leak investigation was suspended from duty
2008-07-24 The article Source: Apollo Published :2008-07-24 Author:
July 15, 2008 Qingdao large-scale outbreak of the mysterious disease, suspected meningitis infection by the news network exposure, more recently, according to reliable sources said the Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau and the Secretary for the Director of Disease Control and other relevant departments in charge of persons suspected of a major leak and Cases of dereliction of duty has been suspended by the Qingdao City criminal investigations of national security.
Since the July 2008, Qingdao City, a large-scale outbreak of the mysterious epidemic and growing. To maintain smooth Aofan Sai, Qingdao was in charge authorities deliberately concealed the epidemic. July 12, the municipal government departments concerned this epidemic as a message of state secrets confidential. However, contrary to the expectations of Qingdao was in charge, July 15, "Qingdao large-scale outbreak of the mysterious disease, suspected meningitis infection" (related article: Qingdao cold medicines suspected explosive surge in demand for large-scale mysterious epidemic) is the news network was exposed.
Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau for the sake of self-protection, Pieqing and eager to stem leakage of the incident to the unusual speed of the leak immediately respond to the incident. July 17 Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau, through the media and networks in Qingdao epidemic "clarification" and However, the Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau clever manipulation of such practices just to the original outbreak was not aware of the concern about the epidemic began in Qingdao, many living in Qingdao, the Qingdao Tanwen local people have relatives and friends of the epidemic on the matter. Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau in this incident have become veritable "Jiaoju" so that the Administration was in charge of Qingdao into passive.
July 17, the Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau come forward soon after, Qingdao was in charge of the Administration is aware of the seriousness of the situation. Since this incident allegedly leaked, it was decided by the Qingdao City National Security Bureau come forward control developments. July 18, the domestic media on the Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau all the news was removed from the headlines, replaced by Qingdao City National Security Bureau issued a notice.
China has little legal knowledge may have been found, Qingdao City's National Security Bureau issued a notice of a major conflict. According to Chinese law, suspected of spreading rumors and disturbing social order of criminal cases belonging to the scope of the investigation public security organs, public security organs should be placed on file for investigation. Only for leaking state secrets, and so endanger national security cases before the National Security authorities jurisdiction. Qingdao City's National Security Bureau 5 notice, the first five so-called interference Aofan Sai does not belong to organized actually the responsibility of national security, visible, and the National Security Notice Zuiwengzhiyi is not the first five but the former four.
In fact, since July 17 in Qingdao City, the National Security Agency since taking over the case, they target the work of all classified staff and family members of patients. In order to more closely blockade news, Qingdao City, the National Security Agency issued a more stringent than the earlier closure order. The announcement of the true purpose is to warn all classified staff ---- who is not sealed by the ban will be in accordance with the crime of divulging state secrets held criminally liable. Not only that, all the patients and their families have been monitoring the National Security Bureau to send personal isolation, patients and family members have kept quiet out of fear, fear that prison have been leaked due to carelessness.
July 20, the CPC Central Committee General Secretary and State President and CMC Chairman Hu Jintao to visit Qingdao. Hu Jintao inspected Aofan Sai called this trip is to inspect preparations for Qingdao epidemic. Hu Jintao's trip to disclose the Central Administration of Qingdao was in charge of the extreme distrust and Qingdao on the progress of the epidemic control concerns. Immediately, on July 22 to spread the Secretary of Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau and relevant departments were primarily responsible for the investigation was suspended hearsay.
Now, in addition to several major classified staff, Qingdao epidemic was tight all the information blockade. Qingdao whether the epidemic has been effectively controlled the Or continue to expand the spread. All of this fear only God knows.
Coming a ?Qingdao City, the National Security Agency Notice!
Any organizations and individuals against acts of the People's Republic of China national security must be legal accountability. Acts endangering national security, refers to outside agencies, organizations, individuals or instigate, and others to the financing or in organizations, individuals and foreign agencies, organizations, individuals, the following colluded national security against the People's Republic of :
1 conspiring to subvert the government, split the country and overthrow the socialist system;
2 to participate in an espionage organization or accept an espionage organization and its agents of the task;
3 theft, spying, and buying and illegally providing state secrets;
4?instigated, seduce, and buying national staff mutiny;
5?endangering national security of other sabotage activities, in particular the attempt to interfere with and undermine the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Qingdao Aofan Sai smooth holding of potential safety problems, suspicious circumstances and unstable factors..... Admissibility: Qingdao City, the National Security Agency :tiphat: 7-25-08 http://yuming.flnet.org/news2/...

 

[Treyfish]

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Another story found by Pugmom:tiphat: 7-24-08
Shandong Wendeng emerging infectious disease outbreak suspected New Tang Dynasty TV www.ntdtv.com 2008-7-24 08:14
In mid-July Tang Shengwen, Shandong, China City news came, the town of Tangerang on the concept of a village of 10,000 people mouth disease a sudden, every purple, seven holes bloody death. Immediately after the deceased and two were in contact with the same symptoms died. At present in the field of the villagers have been afraid to go home, the villagers suspected that this is a similar plague of infectious diseases.
According to a village of 10,000 population working outside the sources, in a period of 10 days suffering from this disease on the death of three people, there are six or seven individuals in Tangerang Hospital Center. Outside the village of the villagers do not know the current situation, go back to their families to prevent them. People are in discussions this is not the plague.
An interview to the 10,000 population of a village in southern male villagers confirmed the matter. He said the disease spread rapidly, in this village in the northern spread.
Reporter: Now the village is not an abnormal occurrence? Will Do you know this matter?
M: right right right.
Reporter: Now that some people are dead? Seems to have killed three people the right?
M: Yes. Now are afraid to go back to the.
Reporter: now are afraid to go back to the It has control of this illness?
M: The Biography Ting fast. Chuan is the general male, not a woman this disease. I belong to the south side, the general Chuan Chuan is the north.
The source also said that the city of Tangerang, higher-level people to see, do not know what is the disease, he said that the news of infectious diseases may have been the blockade. A subsequent call to Wendeng City of small town hospitals. A male doctor denied the occurrence of infectious diseases.
Doctor: ah do not have this disease. It is the ordinary people of their own panic.
Reporter: is also not dead right?
Doctor: people are dead. That you do not know, ah, you know that one is that it is not infectious diseases.
Reporter: Several people died? If it is not infectious diseases, not several people dead?
Doctor: Several people died I do not know, you ask this matter I can not tell you the number of people dead. Reporter trying to make the announcement on the official website of Wendeng City and Yantai City sanitation and epidemic prevention departments of the telephone, but the defendant can not be connected to the wrong number.:tiphat: http://ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2008/0...

 

[Treyfish]

Re: China-large suspected meningitis epidemic

Here is a snip from a large story that mentions the outbreak rumor.. Olympic difficult meningitis epidemic safely into top-secret First, an example, just to see a message, this news is the site of the Apollo by the disclosure, but also with a picture.

说青岛爆发了十六万人的流脑，流行脑炎。​

Qingdao said the outbreak of the 160,000 people of ECM, the prevalence of encephalitis.

他说，奥运深化战打响了吗？​

He said that the deepening of the Olympic Games started the war? ?

消息这么讲，进入零八年七月以来，青岛大学附属医院、青岛市立医院等各大医院，每天都挤满了数以万计的从青岛市区，四面八方赶来的，以及从其它中小医院转诊过来的，疑似流感症状的人群。​

Sources say so, enter the July 08, the Qingdao University Hospital, Qingdao City Hospital, and other large hospitals, every day, packed with tens of thousands of Qingdao from the urban area, rushed in all directions, as well as from other small and medium-sized Referral from the hospital, the crowd suspected flu symptoms.

这些患者共同的临床特征是具有剧烈的头痛、呕吐、高烧不退等状况。​

These common in patients with clinical features is a severe headache, vomiting, high fever Butui and other conditions.

许多老人和儿童的症状更为激烈，往往还伴有肝、肾以及呼吸衰竭等并发症，截至到七月十五日，青岛市区范围内，累计感染人数达到十六万人，死亡一千二百五十一人。​

Many elderly and children the symptoms more intense, often associated with liver, kidney and respiratory failure and other complications, as of July 15, Qingdao urban areas, the total number of infections to 160,000 people, killed 1,000 251 people.

但是随着感染人数不断增加，民间的恐惧情绪已经在不断蔓延。​

But with the increasing number of infections, public sentiment has been in constant fear of the spread.

但是青岛市卫生部门为了安抚民众情绪，先是派专家通过媒体对外宣称是流行性感冒感染，并称该病不会大规模蔓延，以期安抚民众不满。​

But the health sector in Qingdao City in order to appease the public sentiment, first through the media, external experts is that influenza infection, said no large-scale spread of the disease, with a view to appease the public discontent.

但是随着人们身边病人人数和死亡人数在急剧增加，人们私下一直在猜测，这到底是什么病？​

But as people around the number of patients and a sharp increase in the number of deaths, there has been speculation in private, in the end is what this disease ?

在这种压力下，在七月十二日，青岛市政府组织全市的卫生局、疾病控制中心有关人员召开研究会。​

In such a pressure, in the July 12, the Qingdao municipal government organized the city's Health Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control study will be held on staff.

会上首次提出，此次传染病疑为流行性脑髓膜炎，其实简称就是流脑。​

Was first proposed, the infectious disease epidemic Naosui of suspected meningitis, in fact, referred to the ECM.

为了确保即将召开奥运帆船比赛不会因此疫情而受到影响，会议明确提出，将此次疾病列为绝密、密级加以保密，并要求各级卫生单位，对患者严格保守秘密，采取一切可能的强制措施隔离患者，此外还要内紧外松，对外仍要坚称是流行感冒。​

In order to ensure that the forthcoming Olympic sailing competition will not be affected by the epidemic, the meeting made clear, this disease will be classified as top secret, Miji be kept confidential, and urged all levels of health units, with strict confidentiality, to take all possible measures of Isolate patients, in addition to the tight, loose, still insisted that the external is pandemic flu.

而作为流感本身来讲，应该是每年的冬春季最流行的，而且是占急性、细菌性传染病的第一位。​

The flu itself as speaking, should be the annual winter and spring the most popular, but also for acute bacterial sexually transmitted diseases first.

这个消息就是刚刚我们在网上看到的一个消息。​

This news is we have just seen a news online..... :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...art=20&usg=ALkJrhifOCl_D1GlGKHpo_-PAtwII_AkGw

 

[tropical]

Re: China-large suspected meningitis epidemic

For now WHO is publicly totaly shuted up about:

"Disease Outbreak News
Most recent news items

10 July 2008
<!-- date -->Case of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever imported into the Netherlands from Uganda"
...
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/index.html

and nothing under "China", and "travelers Health".

If it's real, it can't be that until now the big WHO health estab pot. don't receive any inner comm. info about it.
Or WHO conc. infos, or it's not so heavy.

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: China-large suspected meningitis epidemic

Marburg virus doesn't spread human to human.

Nosocomial transmission may happen and patients could infect other or relatives only after prolonged contacts with body fluids.

Use of needles and other medical equipment without sterilization could also transmit disease.

Other viral haemorrhagic fever or with hemorrhagic signs may be involved in local outbreaks, like hantavirus or crimea-congo hemorrhagic fever. Also, measles could develop into hemorrhagic in some cases, as well as rubella (at a less extent).

Bacterial infections may cause septic shock with skin hemorrhages, as meningococcal, pneumococcal, and all the other widespread pathogens like anthrax or yersinia pestis (plague).

Without proper laboratory examinations and clinical descriptions it is very hard to point a precise causative agent.

Thus, there is the need of an authoritative response to this increasing rumored incident.