News Reports for July 25, 2010

Vietnam: First H5N1 outbreak in birds in Gia Lai province

http://www.nhandan.com.vn/tinb...

(Machine translated)

NDDT - According to information from the Veterinary Department of Gia Lai province, in those days, about 1,900 flocks of chickens, ducks and thousands of Vu Thanh Sang, Thanh Ha village resident, Ia Hrung commune, Ia Grai district any expect sudden death on 100 [birds], he sang was the situation on the district Veterinary Station.

On July 22 Provincial Department of Animal Health has taken samples sent for testing at the Animal Health Da Nang, a result of three samples were positive for H5N1.

Currently the provincial Animal Health Department has organized the destruction of all the birds sang in his house, and deploy the work of disinfection sterilization Ia Hrung communal areas and the surrounding area to control the disease situation. This is the first appearance of H5N1 in Gia Lai.  

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by: AlohaOR @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 00:10:51 AM CDT

India: Swine flu -- authorities gear up

HYDERABAD: District health authorities have started making special arrangements to treat the large number of pregnant women who are testing positive for swine flu. Special isolation wards at Nayapul, Niloufer and Sultan Bazaar government maternity hospitals have been set up. (Snip) pregnant women visiting government maternity hospitals for their regular antenatal checkups will also be tested for swine flu symptoms.

A special isolation ward for women has also been set up at Gandhi Hospital. The authorities have requested public to visit nodal centres identified for swine flu treatment instead of private hospitals and paying up hefty bills. Osmania, Gandhi, Chest hospitals, district area hospitals at Nampally, Koti, Vanasthalipuram, Golconda, Kondapur are the nodal centres and have enough isolation beds, drug stocks to handle swine flu patients. (Snip) enough measures have been taken to manage further increase in cases of swine flu. "There is no need to panic because facilities are available at government hospitals. (Snip)

Since January, 111 cases of swine flu have been reported in the State of which 101 cases were reported in June alone. In the capital, between January and July, 53 cases and four deaths were reported. In the current flu season 13 deaths had occurred of which six were pregnant women.

Medical officers at 64 Urban Health Posts (UHP) will conduct awareness and health camps on every Tuesday and Saturday. Close to 35 high risk slums have been identified and swine flu awareness-cum-health camps will be conducted till August, (Snip) http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/2...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 00:30:10 AM CDT

India: Govt taking proactive steps to contain swine flu spread

Hyderabad, July 25: Hyderabad Joint Collector Smitha Sabherwal on Saturday said that the district administration was taking pro-active steps to contain the spread of swine flu in the twin cities. She revealed that since January 2010, a total number of 1757 health camps were conducted, 745 persons who came in contact with H1N1 afflicted patients, and 19 children were given prophylactic fluvir medicine.
(Snip)
As per the Joint Collector's instruction, high risk slums were identified and 35 camps conducted in these slums. 53 cases and 4 deaths in Hyderabad district from January to July this year. The JC revealed that out of the four deaths, one is a postnatal case (post delivery case came to mother place from Jeedimetla. One is a pregnant lady and other two are high risk cases (diabetics). She said that the number of woman patients is 32 out of which 12 are pregnant. Continued: http://www.siasat.com/english/...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 00:39:44 AM CDT

New Zealand: Flu cases on the rise

Auckland Regional Health service says there has been a sharp increase in the number of people getting influenza, especially in the past fortnight.

The service is strongly advising high risk people, such as pregnant woman, very young children and severely overweight people, to get the vaccination. (Snip) http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 00:54:37 AM CDT

The difference between the swine flu of 1918 and the swine flu of 2009-10

http://www.helium.com/items/19...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 12:35:48 PM CDT

The difference between the swine flu of 1918 and the swine flu of 2009-10

http://www.helium.com/items/19...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 12:35:48 PM CDT

Sorry for another double post of the same article.

Can't figure out what is causing that when I only click on "post" once. Pogge, are you out there somewhere with your magic computer tool kit? LOL

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 12:39:41 PM CDT

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How the swine flu of 1918 spread throughout the US

http://www.helium.com/items/19...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 12:41:13 PM CDT

How the swine flu of 1918 pandemic is related to all flu pandemics

http://www.helium.com/items/19...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 12:42:38 PM CDT

New Zealand: Hospitals packed as flu hits

Spring temperatures may have arrived early this year but people still need to be wary of illnesses that have pushed hospitals close to capacity.

Weather analyst Philip Duncan said the weather pattern for the past week had shifted into what looked more like spring than winter with daily highs reaching up to 18C in some parts of the country. (Snip) "I think we are in for an early spring this year," said Mr Duncan.

However, despite the increase in temperatures many hospitals are close to capacity as the number of people with colds and flus starts to increase. In the Auckland region, laboratory notifications show a sharp increase in influenza cases over the past month, particularly in the past two weeks. Continued: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/n...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 13:09:03 PM CDT

Thanks AlohaOR. You're a "keeper" LOL

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 13:10:26 PM CDT

Australia: CSL safe from legal action on flu needle

The Therapeutic Goods Administration yesterday confirmed CSL was indemnified as health authorities continue to probe a discolouration affecting the national stockpile. The TGA began examining the swine flu stockpile only after the US Food and Drug Administration blew the whistle on "deviations from good manufacturing requirements" at CSL.

"There are indemnity arrangements for the pandemic flu vaccine, as with all pandemic flu vaccine arrangements around the world, and these are commercial in confidence," a TGA spokeswoman said yesterday. "They were agreed to by the previous government when the contract for the purchase was set in train." Continued: http://www.theaustralian.com.a...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 13:15:59 PM CDT

India: H1N1 grips Bhatkal

KARWAR: Several villages of Bhatkal taluk, including Hadlur, Hallari, Ashikan, Hakodlu are in the grip of swine flu fear now. As many as 22 people of Hadlur village of Konur Gram Panchayat were brought to government hospital at Bhatkal with the help of '108-ambulance' service on Friday. They have been reportedly suffering from swine flu symptoms, including fever, body pain, cold and cough.

On Wednesday, a three-and- a-half-year-old child, Bhagyashri Shukru Gowda of Hadlur village died of swine flu at the KMC Hospital in Manipal. (Snip) In fact the entire family of Bhagyshri, including her father Shukru Gowda, his pregnant wife and his another daughter, Nagashri, who have been suffering from fever, are being treated at the Manipal Hospital now. (Snip)

Taluk health officer Manjunath Shetty said that Tamiflu tablets are available in government hospitals for treating the swine flu patients. http://expressbuzz.com/states/...

Wikipedia - Karwar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K...
Images of Karwar (pretty place and apparently a tourist area) http://www.google.com/images?h...


Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 13:31:15 PM CDT

India: State ropes in pvt hospitals to tackle swine flu

Mumbai, July 25 -- A total of about 15 private hospitals across the city may soon set up small isolation wards of two to four beds each, in response to a call from the state government to help tackle the spread of swine flu. "We will provide H1N1 vaccines for doctors and paramedical staff who work at such isolation facilities, if required," (Snip)

The total number of swine flu cases reported in the city has already touched 374 this month, including 18 Mumbaiites, including eight children, who tested positive on Saturday. With the monsoon being conducive to viral transmission, experts have warned many more could be infected.

Private hospitals have also been asked to keep critical swine flu patients in a separate section of their Intensive Care Units, to protect other patients in the ICU. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Sarvaree Gokhale met representatives from private hospitals on Saturday. (Snip) During the first wave of swine flu last year, the government had roped in about 18 hospitals, including Kokilaben Ambani, Breach Candy and Bombay Hospital, to help treat patients. The hospitals discontinued their isolation centres when the number of reported cases plummeted last November. The same hospitals have been requested to set up isolation centres this year. So far, only the civic-run Kasturba, KEM, Sion and Nair hospitals have isolation wards. http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 14:13:48 PM CDT

Mexico: It rains, expect more respiratory conditions

Machine translated

Madero, Tam.-The Health Center director, Ricardo Manzur Oudi, said that heavy rains have occurred in recent days, there will be an increase in respiratory diseases.

Heavy rainfall is conducive to the increase of respiratory diseases and skin, as when wet people fall prey to flu and other ailments. The director maderense Health Center, Dr. Ricardo Manzur Oudi, urged people to take shelter from rain to prevent influenza, fever and even a possible pneumonia in extreme cases.

He said that the most vulnerable to these diseases are children and the elderly, so that their relatives should be vigilant not to get wet unnecessarily. It also advised mothers to prevent their children from playing in flooded streets, and that often spring water in sanitary sewers, increasing the risk of skin diseases. (Snip) http://laverdad.com.mx/despleg...  

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 18:34:03 PM CDT

The flu deaths in Paraguay

Machine translated

Ministry of Public Health of Paraguay reported yesterday the first two years of deaths from influenza H1N1, in Asunción and another one in the department (province) of Amambay, a total of 38 contagions reported this winter.

"So far the country has accumulated 38 cases of influenza A," (Snip) which details what nine cases were detected in the department of Guaira, eight in Asuncion, seven in Caazapá and Alto Parana, six in Central and one in Amambay.

The Ministry of Public Health of Paraguay is not accurate (sure) when the deaths occurred, but indicates that one was in the northeast and the other in the capital and reports that 51 percent of the contagion did not need hospitalization.

On the last day July 6, the Paraguayan health authorities amounted to 51 fatal cases reported during the epidemic of 2009, after confirming the laboratory results of samples sent to Atlanta (USA). http://news.google.com/news/ur...

(Note: So 49% of the cases DID need hospitalization?!!)

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     

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by: Carol@SC @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 18:49:35 PM CDT

Please post new news stories to ...

News Reports for July 26, 2010

Thank you!

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by: AlohaOR @ Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 23:02:38 PM CDT