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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 06:10 PM Apr 2013

China readies to fight new bird flu; Japan, HK on guard

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The death toll from a new strain of bird flu rose to five in China on Thursday as Beijing said it was mobilising resources nationwide to combat the virus, Japan and Hong Kong stepped up vigilance and Vietnam banned imports of Chinese poultry.

The H7N9 bird flu strain does not appear to be transmitted from human to human but authorities in Hong Kong raised a preliminary alert and said they were taking precautions at the airport.

In Japan, airports have put up posters at entry points warning all passengers from China to seek medical attention if they suspect they have bird flu.

A total of 14 people in China have been confirmed to have contracted H7N9, all in the east of the country. One of the cases was a four-year-old child, who was recovering, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/04/uk-birdflu-china-idUKBRE93304R20130404

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China readies to fight new bird flu; Japan, HK on guard (Original Post) dipsydoodle Apr 2013 OP
Bird Flu has come to Los Angeles. Iliyah Apr 2013 #1
I am keeping a close eye on this one. Mojorabbit Apr 2013 #2
Is this the same basic thing the vaccine was rushed into release a few years back? graham4anything Apr 2013 #3
Different strain dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #4
Waiting and hoping against H2H transmission mainer Apr 2013 #6
I thought this was just chickens and maybe pigs too. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #7
Already found in pigeons mainer Apr 2013 #8
They won't stop their concentrated farming systems. Sunlei Apr 2013 #5

mainer

(12,013 posts)
6. Waiting and hoping against H2H transmission
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 07:46 PM
Apr 2013

in which case I go from concerned to downright scared.

The fact that birds show no signs of illness means this virus is probably already out there and incubating in the wild, and could be arriving in the US with migratory flocks.

mainer

(12,013 posts)
8. Already found in pigeons
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 08:31 PM
Apr 2013

and some of the dead humans included poultry handlers, so I assume this is in chicken flocks. Once it's in migratory birds, it's all over the world.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
5. They won't stop their concentrated farming systems.
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 07:44 PM
Apr 2013

I can't even imagine how large & filthy one Chinese factory farm is- that processes, one million chickens a week, and that was in 2009!

ref and good read http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/3155-China-encounters-factory-farming

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