Epidemic Hazard - Asia

[Harriet]

Epidemic Hazard Date / time 19/08/2006 - 06:51:29 (Military Time, UTC)
Country China Area Nuwakot district
County / State Tibet City Netini
Cause of event Unknow Log date 19/08/2006 - 06:51:29 (Military Time, UTC)
Damage level Large Time left -
Latitude: N 27? 55.101 Longitude: E 85? 15.475
Number of deaths: 14 persons Number of injured persons: Not or Not data
Evacuated: - Infected -
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DESCRIPTION
Unprecedented epidemic of an unidentified disease has killed at least 14 people, including seven children, in central Nepal in the past two weeks. The disease, which was first detected in dogs and chicken in the last week of June, had started spreading to humans in Netini, a far eastern village of Nuwakot district, some 50 km northwest of Kathmandu. Major symptoms of the disease are high fever together with bleeding from nose and mouth at the time of death.

Potential Risk: Katmandu International Airport

 

[Harriet]

Re: Epidemic Hazard - Asia

http://visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?id=7227&cat=dis&lang=eng

 

[Snowy Owl]

Re: Epidemic Hazard - Asia

The above post from Pony Girl
Thank you

From

Data collecting and monitoring :
National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications,
Havaria Emergency and Disaster Information Services
Budapest Hungary

http://visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert...t=dis&lang=eng

 

[Harriet]

Re: Epidemic Hazard - Asia

Map Nepal:

 

[MHSC]

Re: Epidemic Hazard - Asia

Excellent work PonyGirl!

 

[Siamese]

Re: Epidemic Hazard - Asia

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/china.dogs.ap/index.html

Well I bet this explains why they were culling the dogs. Now we know.

 

[Harriet]

Re: Epidemic Hazard - Asia

Nepal is where the mystery disease is. Its a different area than Jening where the dog cullings are happening. Very cruel type of response though.