From Xinhua, via China Daily: A new recombinant H5N1 vaccine virus has been developed in China and is available for researchers and companies that want to develop or produce the H5N1 vaccine for human use, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Shu Yuelong, senior official with Chinese CDC, […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, news that Margaret Chan has been named head of the World Health Organization, making her the first Chinese person to head a U.N. agency: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday nominated China’s Margaret Chan, its top official on bird flu, as its new chief as it gears up for a feared flu […]
Read MoreFrom the Reuters: China still faces serious shortcomings in its bird flu prevention preparations and government departments must do better ahead of the autumn season, a vice agriculture minister (ÂÜú‰∏öÈɮԺâsaid on Thursday. “At present, the bird flu virus situation in our country is generally stable, but as we go into the peak outbreak season in […]
Read MoreFrom AP: A new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu killed 985 chickens in China’s northern region of Inner Mongolia(ÂÜÖËíôÂè§Ôºâ, a state news agency reported Saturday. The discovery in a village near the city of Baotou(ÂåÖ§¥Ôºâprompted authorities to destroy 8,990 other chickens to prevent the virus from spreading, the Xinhua News Agency […]
Read MoreFrom Times Online: China revealed today that its first human death from bird flu was a soldier who died of the H5N1 strain in 2003, two years before the country first publicly acknowledged a human infection. The confirmation showed that the virus was present in China before the outbreak of the virus was disclosed elsewhere […]
Read MoreFrom the VOA news: The World Health Organization has asked China for more information following a report that a man may have died of bird flu two years earlier than Chinese officials reported the presence of the flu virus in their country. News of the case appeared in a letter published this week in an […]
Read MoreA public health worker sanitizing the car during Bird flu period in Qinghai, via news.sina.com.cn
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via Shanghai Daily: SHENZHEN health officials yesterday reported a new human case of suspected bird flu. The victim was identified as a 31-year-old man surnamed Jiang, who was listed in critical condition last night. He began complaining of fever, coughing and back pain on June 3 and was admitted to Shenzhen People’s Hospital […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A new outbreak of bird flu has been discovered in poultry in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, according to the country’s agriculture ministry. The H5N1 strain was discovered in birds in Hetian county, the state news agency Xinhua quoted the ministry as saying. The report gave no details of how many birds […]
Read MoreFrom Medical News Today (link): China, Indonesia and Africa have more bird flu cases than are actually being reported, says Dr Christianne Bruschke, World Organisation for Animal Health Avian Influenza Coordinator. The main reason is that compensation for lost chickens is very low. …… The problem in China, said Bruschke, is a combination of its […]
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