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| Bird flu 'out of control' in Chinese province |
| 2005-11-11 |
| The Chinese government says the spread of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in one of its provinces is not under control and has warned of a potential disaster there. There have been three fresh outbreaks of the avian virus in the north-eastern province of Liaoning in 24 hours, and a new suspected human infection... ...There have been six outbreaks in the past month in China and the government has responded with mass culls of poultry. The most recent outbreaks, which killed about 1100 chickens, prompted the authorities to cull 670,000 poultry in the areas affected, and place 116 people in quarantine. The outbreaks are being blamed on migratory birds, but the head of the UNâs Food and Agriculture Organization in Beijing said it was possible that they were due to village-to-village spread of the virus. A Chinese agriculture minister has warned that the country faces a âdisasterâ due to the use of sub-standard â and counterfeit â poultry vaccines. These can mask symptoms of the virus, making control difficult, or even introduce the virus. Tests on four people suspected to have contracted bird flu are still being carried out, one in Liaoning and three in Hunan province. But the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports that 121 people from the area in Liaoning who had suspicious symptoms have now been declared not to have the disease by the local health ministry. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus has killed at least 62 people in Asia and more than 150 million birds since 2003. In its current form, the virus has killed 50% of people known to have contracted the virus... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 Seems particularly appropriate that the above article complains about too many chinese, and this one states a solution. Or am I just seeing a way to avoid a huge war? Nevermind. It's a self curing problem. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-11-11 19:59 |