Forum: Summary of News for Aug 13

Summary of News for 13 August 2006

(Cumulative human cases are the figures from WHO, plus new in Indonesia 12 Aug 06)

Indonesia

• Farmer destroys own chickens as fears H5N1 cause of death, and
• Bank employee suspected of having bird flu
  • (Both stories via translation, see News thread posts at 6:24 and 7:25)
  Cumulative human cases 57, deaths 44 (2006 – 40 with 33 deaths)

Thailand

• Surveillance data for H5N1 in humans (latest) (link http://tinyurl.com/llvz8)
• 46 more people under close medical watch (link http://tinyurl.com/fd53v and http://tinyurl.com/nskn5 )
• No bird flu in Bangkok so far (link http://tinyurl.com/ef5yw )
• Every hospital to have isolation ward (link http://tinyurl.com/ocac9 )
• Bird flu in Chiang Rai waiting to happen (link http://tinyurl.com/j4aoa )
  Cumulative human cases 24, deaths 16 (2006 – 2 with 2 deaths)

Vietnam

• Virus in smuggled poultry (link http://tinyurl.com/r5qoh )
  Cumulative human cases 93, deaths 42 (2006 – no cases)

China

• No new updates today
  Cumulative human cases 20, deaths 13 (2006 – 11 with 7 deaths)

Cambodia

• Village under watch for 30 days following bird flu outbreak (link http://tinyurl.com/hw44a)
• Cambodia confirms new bird flu outbreak (link http://tinyurl.com/fmbg3 )
  Cumulative human cases 6, deaths 6 (2006 – 2 with 2 deaths)

Laos

• No new updates today

Netherlands

• H5N1 confirmed in 2 owls in Rotterdam zoo (link http://tinyurl.com/rd3f9)

United States of America

• Threat of bird flu ruffles few business feathers (link http://tinyurl.com/nn55b)
• Dead ducks ruffle feathers in Swansboro NC (link http://tinyurl.com/hzojf )

General

• APEC meeting in Singapore for pandemic planning (link http://tinyurl.com/gk8cb)
• Discussion regarding vaccine development (link http://tinyurl.com/kz3rv)
• Surgical masks and WHO draft protocol (discussion on news thread 18:39 onwards)

Total human cases worldwide 237, deaths 138 (2006 – 92 with 61 deaths)

Link to previous News Summaries:

• Summary for Aug 10 (link Summary for Aug 10 )
• Summary for Aug 11 (link Summary for Aug 11 )
• Summary for Aug 12 (link Summary for Aug 12 )

(Usual disclaimer about may not have captured everything. Feel free to add your own where omissions have occurred.)

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