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(By Laurie Garrett) {Foreign Policy, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:58:44 -0500 frank 5975 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5974 Warnings about the emergence of another influenza virus may elicit scepticism, but we should not be complacent, cautions Peter Horby. {Avian Flu Diary, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:58:07 -0500 frank 5974 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5973 Australian health authorities are preparing to combat China's new strain of bird flu amid fears it is one of the most lethal influenza viruses the world has seen. {The Sydney Morning Herald, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:56:50 -0500 frank 5973 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5972 Authorities in central Vietnam culled nearly 10,000 swifts after samples of dead birds tested positive for the type A H5N1 influenza virus, news reports said on Thursday. {Bangkok Post, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:56:10 -0500 frank 5972 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5971 Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in China has been transmitted to humans from chickens. {Reuters, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:55:42 -0500 frank 5971 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5970 Several governments in Asia have ordered tougher screening of air travelers from China in an effort to contain a possible spread of a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in the mainland and infected one visitor from Taiwan. {Reuters, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:55:18 -0500 frank 5970 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5969 The novel avian H7N9 flu that has erupted in China has led to critical illness in most of the first 82 confirmed cases, researchers reported. {MedPage Today, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:54:41 -0500 frank 5969 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5968 The Ministry of Health (MOH) said Thursday that healthcare institutions in Singapore are on heightened alert and are prepared for the eventuality of a possible H7N9 avian influenza case. {Channel News Asia, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:53:56 -0500 frank 5968 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5967 Taiwan heightened surveillance of travelers from China on Thursday after authorities confirmed the island’s first case of a new deadly strain of bird flu. The 53-year-old man became ill with fever after returning from a visit to the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu on April 9, the Centers for Disease Control {Asian Correspondent, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:53:29 -0500 frank 5967 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5966 Poultry products are still favoured by many Hanoi consumers, despite the risk of a nationwide bird flu crisis. {Asia News Network, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:53:05 -0500 frank 5966 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5965 Taiwan has its first confirmed case of H7N9 avian influenza, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced yesterday. {Asia News Network, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:52:34 -0500 frank 5965 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5964 A man in Taiwan has contracted the H7N9 virus, and officials in the region are taking precautions to prevent spread to their countries. {International Herald Tribune, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:52:02 -0500 frank 5964 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5963 On 31 March 2013, human cases of novel H7N9 influenza virus infections were announced by the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission. In recent issue of Chinese Science Bulletin, a report was published indicating that avian H7N9 viruses circulating in live poultry markets are the source of viruses that cause human infections. These results provide a basis for the government to take actions for controlling this public health threat. {EurekAlert!, 04/25/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:50:38 -0500 frank 5963 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5962 Chinese health professionals said in a detailed account today of H7N9 flu cases that about three fourths of patients had underlying medical conditions, and the same percentage had been exposed to animals, including chickens. {CIDRAP News, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:48:45 -0500 frank 5962 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5961 Taiwan health officials today announced that a 53-year-old man who had recently traveled to China is hospitalized in critical condition with a novel H7N9 infection, the first such case to be detected outside of China. {CIDRAP News, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:48:05 -0500 frank 5961 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5960 Coming about a year since the first known novel coronavirus (nCoV) patient got sick with the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) today posted an update on what is known about the new virus, which has resulted in 17 infections, 11 of them fatal. {CIDRAP News, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:47:47 -0500 frank 5960 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5959 Nepal's veterinary laboratory in Kathmandu has confirmed another H5N1 outbreak at more poultry farms in the country's Chitwan district, the Himalayan News Service reported yesterday. {CIDRAP News, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:47:25 -0500 frank 5959 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5958 A 73-year-old woman from Sadashiv Peth died of swine flu infection in a city hospital. {Times of India, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:47:05 -0500 frank 5958 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5957 As of 23 April 2013, the health authorities of China had notified WHO of 108 laboratory-confirmed human cases of A(H7N9) virus and 22 deaths. So far, there is no evidence of ongoing human-to-human transmission. WHO/Europe has produced a situation report – including a risk assessment, recommendations and key references and guidance – for countries in the WHO European Region, which it will regularly revise. {World Health Organization/Europe, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:46:01 -0500 frank 5957 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/5956 What may be the first case of H7N9 avian flu confirmed outside mainland China was revealed Wednesday by Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control. {United Press International, 04/24/2013} Links Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:44:56 -0500 frank 5956 at http://un-influenza.org