US:CDC Seeks Better Quarantine Rules [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2005 from yahoo news
Federal health officials are seeking to update quarantine regulations, hoping changes such as easier access to airline passenger lists could better protect Americans from foreign infectious diseases, including ... Official warns of greater bird flu outbreak risk
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 21, 2005 from Xinhuanet (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/21/content_3815007)
Yin, Chengjie vice-minister of agriculture, said more bird flu cases have been caused by migratory and wild birds. BEIJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- A senior ... China strengthens flu surveillance in rural regions
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 20, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/20/content_3808796)
China will strengthen flu prevention and control in vast rural regions, according to a senior health official Sunday.
The Ministry of Health is going to set up more flu surveillance ... China:HongKong steps up measures against avian flu threat
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 20, 2005 from Xinhua (via http://english.people.com.cn/200511/20/eng20051120_222768.ht)
A Community Cleanliness Day was held in Hong Kong on Sunday as part of Hong Kong government´s ongoing program to prepare against a flu pandemic.
With the theme "Raise hygiene awareness, guard ... China:Beijing designates 2 hospitals for human bird flu cases [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 18, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/18/content_3800538)
Beijing´s municipal health bureau has designated the You´an Hospital and Ditan Hospital to deal with any emergency cases of the bird flu.
Director of the bureau, Jin ... China:Roche stops selling Tamiflu in China [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2005 from people´s daily (via http://english.people.com.cn/200511/09/text20051109_220141.h)
Swiss medicine producer Roche Holding AG announced on November 8 that the company had stopped selling its anti-virus medicine "Tamiflu" in China, and had passed on those in stock to the Chinese government, ... FAO/OIE/WB/WHO Meeting on Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic Influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2005 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/dg/lee/speeches/2005/closingremarks_avian)
FAO/OIE/WB/WHO Meeting on Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic Influenza
Closing remarks
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for making this a remarkable and productive meeting. The world has been watching ... U.S.:HHS releases new pandemic flu plan
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 3, 2005 from CIDRAP
US health officials focused largely on expanding supplies of vaccines and antiviral drugs today as they rolled out a lengthy plan for responding to a feared influenza pandemic that could kill an estimated ... WHO:Avian influenza and the pandemic threat in Africa: risk assessment for Africa
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 29, 2005 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/riskassessmen)
Outbreaks in poultry: significance for human health
The arrival of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza on the African continent would be of great concern for human as well as animal health. Though ... China:Migrant birds monitoring stations operated in Henan
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 28, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/27/content_3691968)
Amid worldwide alarm of bird flu, central China´s Henan Province has put all its eight surveillance stations into operation to monitor local and inbound migrant birds.
There ... Sri Lanka takes precautionary action against bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 28, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/27/content_3692362)
The Sri Lankan government has taken precautionary measures to prevent an outbreak of bird flu, the government spokesman announced Thursday.
Minister of Health Nimal Siripala De ... Singapore steps up efforts to prevent bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 28, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/28/content_3693428)
Singapore has taken a series of measures to prevent bird flu from entering into the city state, which is now free from such virus.
According to the Channel News Asia reports on ... EISS:Very low risk to human health from avian influenza A(H5N1) in Europe [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2005 from EISS (via http://www.eiss.org/news.cgi)
According to a risk assessment of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published the 20th of October 2005, the risk to human health from avian influenza A(H5N1) in Europe is very ... Senegal bans poultry imports for fear of bird flu [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2005 from Reuters
Senegal has taken a precautionary measure of halting poultry imports to prevent the spread of bird flu in the West African country, Prime Minister Macky Sall said late on Thursday.
The deadly strain of ... Nepal bans EU poultry imports over bird flu concern [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B282339.htm)
Nepal banned imports of poultry from the 25 nations of the European Union on Friday over fears that the deadly avian flu could reach the tourism- and aid-dependent Himalayan kingdom, an official said. ... Mexico announces response plan in case bird flu becomes human pandemic [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2005 from ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexican Health Secretary Julio Frenk on Thursday announced a national preparation-and-reaction plan in the event that the bird flu now affecting parts of Asia turns into a human pandemic.
The plan, a ... Australia bans bird imports from Canada [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20487339.htm)
Australia imposed an immediate ban on live bird imports from Canada after a group of racing pigeons was found to have been exposed to diseases including bird flu, Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran said ... Morocco: elaborates action plan to prevent avian flu [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 20, 2005 from Morocco TIMES (via http://www.moroccotimes.com/Paper/article.asp?idr=2&id=1)
The measures are mainly aimed at preventing avian-flu infected migrating birds from reaching Morocco, as officials said no case of the pandemic has been found in the country.The anti-bird flu plan was ... Vietnam: Official says large bird flu outbreak approaching
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 20, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/20/content_3653836)
Vietnam is seeing a large bird flu outbreak approaching, local newspaper Pioneer on Thursday quoted the country´s top veterinary official as saying.
"Vietnam has already ... EU calls for international cooperation against bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/19/content_3644132)
The European Union (EU) foreignministers urged here on Tuesday the international cooperation to tackle the threat of avian flu.
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