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CDC puts 37 more people on list as bird flu spreads
INGREDIENT WATCH:The centers said that while most people avoid undercooked poultry products, it is often forgotten that hot-pot sauces can include raw eggs
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday put 37 more people on a monitoring list as the number of poultry farms reporting cases of avian influenza continued to increase, bringing the total number of people being monitored due to an avian flu outbreak to a record-high of 271.
CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) told a news conference in Taipei yesterday afternoon that the additional 37 people were workers at three goose farms in Chiayi County, which were confirmed on Monday to have been infected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N8.
The other 234 people on the list are epidemic prevention personnel and poultry farm workers at seven farms in southern Taiwan that have been stricken by avian influenza subtypes H5N2 and H5N8.
“Of the 271 people on the health watch list, eight have exhibited flu-like symptoms. The centers has diagnosed one of them with influenza B and collected samples from three more for testing, while two are still waiting to be sampled and two have only been ordered to self-monitor their health since their symptoms are relatively mild,” Chuang said.
The centers will make public the test results as soon as they become available, Chuang added...
CDC puts 37 more people on list as bird flu spreads
INGREDIENT WATCH:The centers said that while most people avoid undercooked poultry products, it is often forgotten that hot-pot sauces can include raw eggs
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday put 37 more people on a monitoring list as the number of poultry farms reporting cases of avian influenza continued to increase, bringing the total number of people being monitored due to an avian flu outbreak to a record-high of 271.
CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) told a news conference in Taipei yesterday afternoon that the additional 37 people were workers at three goose farms in Chiayi County, which were confirmed on Monday to have been infected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N8.
The other 234 people on the list are epidemic prevention personnel and poultry farm workers at seven farms in southern Taiwan that have been stricken by avian influenza subtypes H5N2 and H5N8.
“Of the 271 people on the health watch list, eight have exhibited flu-like symptoms. The centers has diagnosed one of them with influenza B and collected samples from three more for testing, while two are still waiting to be sampled and two have only been ordered to self-monitor their health since their symptoms are relatively mild,” Chuang said.
The centers will make public the test results as soon as they become available, Chuang added...