Re: H7N9 ? Discussion
Re: H7N9 ? Discussion
Malik Peiris told reporter about 'missing ''poultry'' link' in the H7N9 event.
Source: VOA, xhttp://www.voafanti.com/gate/big5/direct.voanews.com/audiovideo/cn-china-bird-flu
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VOA - Broadcasting Board of Governors
H7N9, the latest variant of the avian flu virus, has spread 700 kilometers across three Chinese provinces since it was identified last month. With researchers struggling to identify how the disease is transmitted, concern is mounting about its danger to humans. Ivan Broadhead has this report from Hong Kong.
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China Bird Flu (TV) Hopes and Fears in China Bird Flu Battle
DATE: 04/09/2013
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BYLINE: Ivan Broadhead
DATELINE: Hong Kong
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((INTRO ))
[[H7N9, the latest variant of the avian flu virus, has spread 700 kilometers across three Chinese provinces since it was identified last month. With researchers struggling to identify how the disease is transmitted, concern is mounting about its danger to humans. Ivan Broadhead has this report from Hong Kong. ]]
((AX-APTN-2030:SKoreaPoult 12-23 0662 AP-APTN-2030: SKorea Poultry Tuesday, 23 December 2003 5. Pan along racks holding chickens 2.Medium shot of dead chickens being dumped in truck 4. Various shots of people in protective clothing putting live chickens in bags))
((NARRATOR))
Authorities culled poultry in Shanghai markets after detecting H7N9 in local pigeons. Taiwan will make anti-viral drugs available for public purchase, at a subsidized price, through April.
((AP-APTN-0830: ++<< China Flu>> Wednesday, 13 May 2009 10. Medical staff inside patients' room 11. Doctors inspecting an X-ray film 12. Researcher inspecting tests under microscope ))
While China reported that a four-year-old boy made a full recovery from H7N9 flu, of 24 known cases, seven people have died.
((PEIRIS SET UP SHOT FROM BROLL))
Professor Malik Peiris is director of the Pasteur Research Centre at Hong Kong University.
((PEIRIS INTERVIEW CLIP 1 FROM IVAN?S FOOTAGE))
((PROF MALIK PEIRIS, HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE))
?You have to be cautious about interpreting mortality rates because, usually, only the most severe cases are investigated. There could be milder cases that go unrecognized. So on the one hand this would make the mortality and the severity less. But on the other, it would mean there is more transmission occurring in humans too.?
((BC-APTN-0930:ChinaBirdFl 11-29 0619 AP-APTN-0930: China Bird Flu Tuesday, 29 November 2005 3. Various of agricultural workers spraying disinfectant on chicken cages 4. Close up chickens in cage 5. Wide of medical staff inspecting chicken house 6. Various of medical staff giving chicken vaccine shot))
((NARRATOR))
Beginning April 11, imported live poultry will only be sold in Hong Kong after a 3-percent sample is tested for H7N9. To develop vaccines and break the infection cycle, Peris says, the source of the outbreak must be identified.
((PEIRIS FOOTAGE FROM IVAN))
((PROF MALIK PEIRIS, HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE))
?It is an unpredictable virus. There are hundreds of people working closely with poultry who do not seem to get infected. But there is the one person who may have quite a tenuous contact who ((does)). "
((B-ROLL OVER SOUND BITE)) AX-APTN-1000:++SKoreaBir 01-27 0530 AP-APTN-1000: ++SKorea << Bird Flu>> Tuesday, 27 January 2004 1. Pan of chicken farms in Cheonan where one farm had confirmed birdflu infection 2. Various dead chickens on the ground inside chicken farm 3. Officials in decontamination suits 4. Dead chicken on ground 7. Various shots of dead chickens))
((PEIRIS SOUND BITE CONTINUED))
?What is crucial is to go upstream, along the poultry marketing chain, ideally to the farms, and identify which species is the main source.?
((BROLL ABRAHAM FROM IVAN ))
((NARRATOR))
Thomas Abraham, who wrote a book about the 2003 SARS epidemic, says the Chinese government cover-up which contributed to the spread of SARS, is unlikely to be repeated with H7N9.
((ABRAHAM FOOTAGE FROM IVAN ))
((THOMAS ABRAHAM, PUBLIC HEALTH MEDIA PROGRAM))
?One of the early ((H7N9)) cases in Shanghai, even though the hospital said nothing, the patient?s admission slip was photographed and put on ((the Chinese website)) Weibo. This kind of information flow is a dam that is unstoppable."
((AX-APTN-2030:SKoreaPoult 12-23 0662 AP-APTN-2030: SKorea Poultry Tuesday, 23 December 2003 16. Wide shot of quarantine people kicking chickens 12. Pan of people dumping eggs 13. Close up of eggs culled 14. Zoom out quarantine people dumping dead chickens 15. Close up of chickens dumped))
((NARRATOR))
While World Health Organization officials say there is no need for panic, Laurie Garrett, an expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, is concerned that the H7N9 death toll will rise.
((GARRETT FOOTAGE IN DC FILE))
((LAURIE GARRETT, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS))
?What 2009 taught us with swine flu is that global solidarity can break down very fast. Countries start closing airports and quarantining travelers. They start hoarding drugs and vaccines. It is not a pretty picture.?
((ANY CHANCE OF FOOTAGE OF HONG KONG/CHINA PEOPLE IN MASKS LUIS/AMY?))
((NARRATOR))
With public fear an issue, researchers in Hong Kong have announced they will revisit a 2009 study to confirm that surgical masks - widely worn during flu season - are indeed 70 percent effective in preventing the spread of flu viruses.
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