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Nigerian health authorities say they are testing nearly a dozen people in Lagos for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. This after they developed what experts say may be symptoms of the disease. VOA English to Africa Service reporter Chinedu Offor has the story:
“According to the director of special duties in the Nigerian Ministry of Health…tissues obtained from 11 people in the commercial city of Lagos are being tested for the H5N1strain of bird flu. He says the samples were collected from persons who had contact with a 22-year old woman who died of the disease two months ago. The unidentified woman, who was confirmed the country’s first human case of the disease, died after slaughtering a chicken without (wearing) gloves or a mask.”
Offor reports the ministry says it expects more cases of the disease and warns “people to take special precautions while handling or slaughtering birds.
“Meanwhile, the United Nations coordinator for the Global Fight against Avian Influenza, Dr. David Nabarro, says Nigeria will likely experience more bird flu outbreaks because of migrating birds. The Nigerian Medical Association says the country is not prepared to handle an outbreak of the disease. The organization says more efforts should be made to education the public on the dangers of the H5N1 strain.”
Nigeria's Multi-sectorial Steering Committee on the management of bird flu said here on Friday that there is no new case of the scourge in the country.
The committee said in a statement signed by Nigeria's Minister of Information and Communication Frank Nweke that the reported new cases in Lagos and other parts of the country were speculations that had been proved wrong after some laboratory tests.
Nweke said that the federal government had worked tirelessly to eradicate bird flu since the first human case of the disease was confirmed early in the year.
He said that all suspected cases of bird flu-like illness or respiratory diseases had been investigated for bird flu and the results were negative.
He urged Nigerians not to panic but to observe appropriate precautions as contained in the various media campaigns.
Nweke advised Nigerians to immediately report any suspected case of the disease to the nearest veterinary or healthcare facility.
pugmom found a very interesting article dated April 5, 2007, regarding a new confirmed(?) case in Nigeria -- the 3rd this year according to the article. ??
The source is the Jamahiriya News Agency [JANA] -- the official Libyan news agency. From their website:
"Jana has close ties with the Pan-African News Agency 'PANA' which has a regional office in Tripoli where PANA's Arabic language service is produced." http://www.jananews.com/Page.aspx?PageId=62
This article doesn't help much in answering the question about the supposed 11 people being tested -- in fact it seems to raise even more questions. But I think it does indicate that something is going on in Nigeria -- the question is what??
Thanks again, pugmom!
Machine-translated from Arabic:
Injury condition "human" and new by the bird flu in Nigeria
Abuja - 5 "the birds" [April], 1375 [2007]
The Nigerian authorities declared the discovery of a new human injury by the bird flu disease in Lagos State she is the third[??] in the region through a single year.
And official of the coordination in the national Nigerian program for the resistance to the epidemic of the influenza of press statements Al Tiorfi today mentioned that the results of the examination of the patient samples confirmed his injury by the disease. [??]
And the Nigerian health authorities destroyed after the discovery of this injury (750) one thousand [750,000?] bird suspect of their injury by the virus.
And he has declared the appearance of two human injuries by the bird flu virus in Lagos.
Ah. The JANA article is from the day after a new sus case was reported in the Nigerian [& Chinese!] press. Probably refers to that, then, and not a new confirmed case:
Ah. The JANA article is from the day after a new sus case was reported in the Nigerian [& Chinese!] press. Probably refers to that, then, and not a new confirmed case:
