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WHO ships Tamifu & Protective Gear to Indonesia

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Human-to-human infection of bird flu taking place in Indonesia, expert

JAKARTA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian bird flu researcher CA Nidom MS said he was convinced that human-to-human bird flu infection had been taking place in Indonesia, official news agency Antara reported on Friday.

"I am convinced human-to-human infection has been taking place because studies have found the development of H3N2 and H1N1 strains of bird flu virus which originated from H5N1 virus. Much more, fowl-to-human infection cannot yet be proven since the death of Iwan in Tangerang," he said on the sidelines of a seminar on bird flu in Surabaya, East Java, on Friday.

Nidom, a researcher of the Tropical Disease Centre (TDC) of theUniversity of Airlangga (Unair)'s Medical School, made the remarks in response to a statement by a World Health Organization official that bird flu infection from human to human had been found in the village of Kubu Sembelang, Tanah Karo district, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

According to Nidom, who is also a lecturer at the Unair's Medical School, the WHO official's statement was logical because the avian influenza was just like a common flu so that there was no need to be panicked.

"I have disclosed this conclusion in Pontianak last April," he added.

Seven of the nine dead victims were cluster victims who suffered from the same symptoms, WHO spokesman Peter Cordingley said in Manila on Thursday.

But the WHO conclusion was denied by Health Minister Siti Fadila Supari.

"The cluster bird flu case in Tana Karo cannot yet be said a human-to-human bird flu case because proof on the mutation of virus DNA which is identical with the H5N1 strain of virus that infected the nine victims has not yet been found. And there is no proof of epidemiological human-to-human infection," the minister said.

As the disease expands all over the world, experts fear that the virus can mutate into a certain form that easily transmits from human to human, which will kill millions of people.

Some 27 out of 33 provinces in Indonesia have been contracted with bird flu, while human fatality stands at 32 and infections at 43, according to the WHO.

All over the world, the WHO has raised the confirmed human death toll from the H5N1 bird flu strain to 122, while the total number of confirmed human infections since the current outbreak began in 2003 has reached 216. Enditem
 
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Re: Human-to-human infection of bird flu taking place in Indonesia, expert

May 27, 2006


Human-to-human bird flu infection has occured in Indonesia



Surabaya, E Java (ANTARA News) - Bird flu (Avian Influenza/AI) researcher Dr CA Nidom MS said he was convinced that human-to-human bird flu infection had been taking place in Indonesia.

"I am convinced human-to-human infection has been taking place because studies have found the development of H3N2 and H1N1 strains of bird flu virus which originated from H5N1 virus. Much more, flow-to-human infection cannot yet be proven since the death of Iwan in Tangerang," he said on the sidelines of a seminar on bird flu here on Friday.

Nidom who is a researcher of the Tropical Disease Centre (TDC) of the University of Airlangga (Unair)`s Medical School, made the remarks in response to a statement by a WHO official that bird flu infection from humans to humans had been found in the village of Kubu Sembelang, Tanah Karo district, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

WHO`s epidemiologists have conducted field observations and found no sources that could be suspected as the sources of the infection. Seven of the nine dead vitims were cluster victims who suffered from the same symptions, WHO spokesman Peter Cordingley said in Manila on Thursday.

But the WHO conclusion was denied by Health Minister Siti Fadila Supari.

"The cluster bird flu case in Tana Karo cannot yet be said a human-to-human bird flu case because proof on the mutation of virus DNA which is idential with the H5N1 strain of virus that infected the nine victims has not yet been found. And there is no proof of epidemiological human-to-human infection," the minister said.

According to Nidom, who is also a lecturer at the Unair`s Medical School, the WHO official`s statement was logical because the avian influenza was just like a common flu so that there was no need to be panicked.

"I have dislosed this conclusion in Pontianak last April," he added. (*)

May 26 20:55

http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=13350
 
Re: Human-to-human infection of bird flu taking place in Indonesia, expert

Re: Human-to-human infection of bird flu taking place in Indonesia, expert

Kandun maintained that there was no evidence that the deaths of seven members of one family from bird flu in North Sumatra earlier this month were due human-transmission.

"If it had been the case, doctors and nurses who treated them would have been infected," he said


http://www.physorg.com/news67936535.html

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Re: Human-to-human infection of bird flu taking place in Indonesia, expert

Re: Human-to-human infection of bird flu taking place in Indonesia, expert

KUBU SIMBELANG, Indonesia - The <FORM class=yqin action=http://yq.search.yahoo.com/search method=post> </FORM>World Health Organization has for the first time asked the maker of the anti-bird flu drug Tamiflu to ready the global stockpile after human-to-human transmission was suspected in a family cluster in Indonesia, a WHO official said Saturday.
The WHO in Jakarta received word from the Indonesian Health Ministry on Monday of possible human-to-human spread of the virus in a village in North Sumatra.
That prompted the Geneva-based global health organization to put Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG on alert, said Jules Pieters, director of WHO's rapid response and containment group in Geneva.




http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060527/ap_on_he_me/indonesia_bird_flu_22
 
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Re: Human-to-human infection of bird flu taking place in Indonesia, expert

WHO Puts Tamiflu Maker On Precautionary Alert

KUBU SIMBELANG, Indonesia -- It was a precaution and no further action appears necessary.

That's what the World Health Organization said Saturday about its request to the maker of Tamiflu to get ready after a human bird flu transmission scare in Indonesia.
It's the first time such a request has been made.
The director of WHO's rapid response and containment group in Geneva said a precautionary 9,500 doses along with protective gear was flown into Indonesia Monday.
It took about 72 hours to arrive. He described it as a procedure put in place in the event of suspected human transmission.
Six of the seven members of an extended Indonesian family in North Sumatra who caught bird flu have died.
The WHO has stressed the virus has not mutated into a version easily passed between people or shown signs of spreading outside the family.
Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a contagious disease of animals causes by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs.
The bird flu virus could evolve into a form that is easily spread between people, becoming highly contagious. Since people would have no natural immunity to it, it could cause widespread death and illness.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/health/9284219/detail.html
 
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Indonesian bird-flu toll now at 36

By Margie Mason

The Associated Press

KUBU SIMBELANG, Indonesia ? The biggest case yet of humans infecting others with bird flu prompted the World Health Organization to put the maker of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on alert for possible shipment of the global stockpile for the first time, officials said Saturday.

No further action on the emergency supply was expected for now, according to the U.N. health agency, which called the alert part of its standard operating procedure when a case arises like that in Indonesia.

"We have no intention of shipping that stockpile," WHO spokesman Dick Thompson said. "We see this as a practice run."

Meanwhile, Indonesia confirmed three more bird-flu deaths as the country grapples with a spike in human cases. Bird flu is known to have infected 48 people in Indonesia, with 36 deaths ? second-highest after Vietnam's 42 deaths.

A precautionary 9,500 treatment doses of Tamiflu from a separate WHO stockpile, along with protective gear, were flown into Indonesia on Friday. The tablets will likely be handed over to the Indonesian government, WHO spokeswoman Maria Cheng said in Geneva.

Officials revealed the stockpile alert came Monday as experts puzzled over why six Indonesians from a family in a North Sumatra village died after being infected by the H5N1 virus. A seventh was buried before tests could be done, but she is believed to have been infected.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003023967_birdflu28.html
 
Roche asked to provide global stockpile?

Roche asked to provide global stockpile?

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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday asked the Swiss manufacturer of the antiviral medicine Tamiflu to prepare the global stockpile of the drug for distribution after a family of seven Indonesians died from the H5N1 avian flu virus. However, the WHO says that there is no cause for alarm at this point.

"Whenever there is a cluster, we contact Roche just to let them know that if we need to send the stockpile that they should be ready to do so," said a spokeswoman for the WHO, Maria Cheng. However, Cheng says "we have not asked that anything be sent, and nothing from Roche has been sent."

Jules Pieters, director of the WHO's rapid response unit, informed Roche Holdings AG to be on alert for the next two weeks after the Indonesian health ministry informed the WHO of the deaths of the members of a family cluster in Kubu Simbelang village in North Sumatra. "We were quite keen to inform Roche quite timely, we knew Thursday would be a holiday in Europe and wanted to make sure Roche warehouses would be open," he said.

Pieters also said that the move was part of standard procedure in cases where there is reasonable suspicion of human-to-human transmission. The WHO flew 9,500 doses of Tamiflu into Indonesia along with protective gear as a precaution.

According to the WHO, the virus has not mutated into an easily human-transmittable form, nor had it spread outside the family, who were all blood relatives in close contact.

Officials in Indonesia also reported on Friday that two more fatal cases of avian flu were reported, this time between an 18-year-old man and his 10-year-old sister. Tests on the two victims are expected to be sent to WHO laboratories for confirmation.

The WHO also says that they have "no intention of shipping that stockpile" and that they consider this "a practice run," said spokesman for the WHO, Dick Thompson. The WHO also said that the virus has not mutated and so far has not shown any signs of human to human transmission outside the affected family members.

Roche Holding is expected to remain on high alert for at least two weeks.
 
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Another Article


Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) - May. 29, 2006

JAKARTA: The worst case yet of possible human-to-human transmission of the deadly bird flu has prompted the World Health Organisation to put a drug company on alert to be ready to mobilise its anti-viral drug stockpile.

After three more deaths -- bringing the toll in one Indonesian family to six -- the WHO placed Swiss drug-maker Roche Holding on notice to prepare to distribute its stock of Tamiflu.

The alert would last about two weeks, or twice the incubation period of the latest infections. The UN health organisation said a precautionary 9500 treatment doses of Tamiflu from a separate ...
 
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Re: Roche asked to provide global stockpile?

Where are the 50,000 cartons gifted to Indonesia by Australia just 6 months ago?

Anyone know?

Stolen?
Lost?
Embezzled?
Consumed?

50,000 cartons of tamiflu don't just get up and walk away.

The silence from the MSM is deafening.
 
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