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by: DemFromCT @ Sun Dec 10, 2006 at 22:03:16 PM UTC

"The Gulf hide bird flu" (?)

From an Egyptian paper...

Google-translated from Arabic:

The Gulf hide bird flu
March 13, 2007

Executions secret wing of the infected Pzuat
The Ministries of Health Gulf conceal the existence of "bird flu"

Seif manufacturer from Dubai: Al "Ilaf" from specialists in the field of international health, based in Dubai, based in New York, said that the ministries of health in the Arab Gulf States Bmwarbh deal with a "bird flu", which confirmed its existence in the six capitals, without exception, while still not official bodies in these countries resort to silence and failure to declare it officially, for fear of complications popularity or massive panic in the ranks of its citizens. The sources who preferred not to disclose their identities, they talk about things confidential, that the disease actually present in the Gulf countries for more than seven months, many of the cases that have been dealt with a secret, the last of which was in Kuwait, where several cases not declared, while the coordination between agencies health in this oil-rich countries very weak, as described by sources in the context of her preparations for the Gulf to the disease.

Perhaps the most critical is the one who passes by Saudi Minister of Health Hamad Al, which is facing an internal crisis because of the avian flu may cause the loss of his seat, especially as the country on the threshold of a new cabinet reshuffle, which the sources said, "posted" the same access to close that there is great disagreement between the Ministry and the experts in the area of health with regard to the nature of the assessment of the risk of illness for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

An informed source in the context of analysis of the current crisis in Riyadh said that the Saudi Minister of Health could lose because of the weakness of its hopes for the developments of the subject. It was something that happens here silently risk.

Sources from Riyadh and Jeddah that there are thousands of massacres which has been rightly Sri many birds which have proved to be infected with this virus, health authorities in trying nations of the world face, without announced by the Ministry of Health in the country.

However, sources in the ministry itself says that the focus of the talk was already executions of large right "chicken" in particular as a "precautionary measure" and no more, pointing out that he had not yet recorded any case of suffering from influenza, which began attacks on the Gulf States.

Riyadh is not unique to this headache jumper, as described by Arab Gulf official, did not mention his name in favor of the idea, but that the State of Kuwait is the second most threatening attack in the Gulf of birds infected with H5N1, they are a geographical area which reflect birds towards the other side of the world during the annual migration.

The previously announced Director General of the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fisheries in the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Fahad Al-Salem Al-Sabah, said that the Authority would discuss with officials in the government to form a committee in order to protect Kuwait from the avian influenza virus and the protection of livestock, after it became a case of Tirin infected with the virus in the country.

He explained that one of Fahd Al-Salem Al-Alteren H5N1 importer of Asian nations, and the second bird miles from the type (Flamengo) found in the villages south of Kuwait.

The precautionary measures taken by the body since the emergence of avian influenza virus in the month of August (August) last, as well as the tremendous efforts undertaken by the teams, led to the discovery of cases.

And he pointed out that the State of Kuwait is considered a corridor for migratory birds from Asia and Russia and China and Iran on their way to other countries.

He stressed that teams Fahd Al-Salem Al-body had all land, sea and air to the strict precautionary measures and the placement of all messages to check daily and execution shipment contained with the imported birds was contained topic, as stated by the Kuwait News Agency.

He also assured the citizens and residents to take all the necessary precautions, and it was working night and day to mind that the interest of Kuwait and the health of its people and residents of this good earth is not open for discussion and negotiation, as he put it.

He added that the Authority will inform the citizens first, from any pathological cases are discovered and that the Council of Ministers is to set up a supreme committee to combat bird flu, involving all the competent authorities of agriculture and environment ministries, municipal, health, trade and customs administration Assembly.

He emphasized that the body began to take these actions since the announcement of the emergence of the virus in some Asian countries and has formed a team to survey areas of Kuwait and outlets, to prevent the entry of imported birds infected with the virus.

http://www.elaph.com...

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by: Theresa42 @ Tue Mar 13, 2007 at 13:39:16 PM UTC

KUWAIT - 6 year old bf sus tests neg

Google-translated from Arabic:

Health: No casualties avian influenza
March 18, 2007

The Ministry of Health yesterday, the country is void of any human infection of avian influenza disease.

The emphasis on the words of a high official source in the ministry against the backdrop of converting [reconciling!] one of the children, the high temperature, the Farwaniya Hospital to a hospital yesterday diseases His father owns some birds tunnel.

The official source told 'Al-Qabas' that the child, aged 6 years, he underwent tests and full precautionary measures after informing his father on the death of its birds in the home, The results of tests of samples negative, which means the absence of infection with avian influenza.

So, the hospital director Dr. diseases. Jamal De'eij that tests revealed that the child suffers from bacterial infection due to the vagaries of the weather, it was a necessary and admit him to a hospital as a precautionary measure and sent samples of his blood to the laboratory to check on his condition, saying that his condition is now stable and reassuring.

A spokesman for the Joint Commission for the avian flu d. Ahmed al-Shatti, announced yesterday the discovery of new cases of infection in chickens in the farm, especially after the cessation of abundance in the emergence of the disease lasted eight consecutive days, for a total of 54 injuries that case.

http://www.alqabas.c...

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by: Theresa42 @ Sun Mar 18, 2007 at 16:55:09 PM UTC

KUWAIT - Confirmed/suspected case in Kuwait?

This doesn't sound like an officially confirmed case to me ... but you never know ....

Google-translated from Arabic:

The first case of its kind .. Kuwaiti avian influenza infection
March 19, 2007

KUWAIT:  The Kuwaiti sources said that Kuwaiti citizens entered the hospital two days ago, after the confirmed avian influenza illness.

The newspaper "Politics" yesterday, Sunday, Kuwaiti, that the citizen-a 15-year-old, and lives in the area the morning of Nasser, was started by extreme weariness and suffered a steep rise in temperature with constant vomiting; which necessitated his transfer to a hospital, which is the first of its kind avian influenza infections.

This has dominated the Kuwaiti official and popular panic fear of the spread of avian influenza after the discovery of 39 cases of infection among birds.

A state of terror in Kuwait offset hope medical vaccine against the disease to human beings has been adopted in the United States of America.

And to prevent the entry of goods and individuals across the seaports only after the inspection of ships and make sure they are completely virus.

The tents on the Kuwaiti terror following the decision by the Kuwait Municipality to prevent the sale of live chickens in the cooperative societies and all the shops causing owners of major poultry companies shock of this resolution, noting that Sikbdham significant financial losses, especially as it would mean paying staff salaries for three months without any income material.

The Kuwaitis blame on the government because they did not have any contingency plan.

The government immediately to the formation of 30 teams technically competent to inspect for the disease and monitor new infections.

In return for a reign of terror in Kuwait, there were new hopes control of the disease after an advisory body recommended to the Food and Drug Administration of America, allowing the circulation of a preventive vaccine test, believed to be effective against the disease, which has claimed dozens of lives around the world, asserting that the security and fit for human use.

The recommendation, which was unveiled by the French company manufactured for the real estate company, "Avant and seek" as a valid and effective medicine for use.

In the event the management of food and medicine in the United States, the results reached its advisory, which is certainly happen, the property will be the first new French drug to be used for the prevention of avian influenza in the United States.

This announcement comes at a time when many expressed scientists fear of the possibility of the success of the deadly strain of the disease, known scientifically as "H5N1" in acquiring the ability to shift allowed to move from one to another and cause an epidemic comprehensive.

It is noteworthy that the structure of the virus does not currently allow them to move only from infected birds to humans who are directly exposing them.

The disease struck 270 people in ten countries were on the direct contact of birds infected 164 of them died, while others underwent treatment for long in the hospital.

http://us.moheet.com...

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by: Theresa42 @ Mon Mar 19, 2007 at 17:05:36 PM UTC

SAUDI ARABIA - Workers quarantined on bf farm

Google-translated from Arabic:

Still infected cases in a suspected and the cornerstone [quarantine] of all farm employment [employees] to ensure they are free from disease
March 24, 2007

Abdallah al-Zahrani - Dammam

A medical source veterinarian official chamber operations branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region [Ash Sharqiyah] that the special cases of the disease a bird flu that has been discovered in a poultry farms in the eastern region, which lies on the road to Kuwait, Dammam area called the old (Sabigaui) I still do in a suspect after the tests were taken from through the medical team had visited the farm and took samples from the dead birds and that this project goes ownership of one of the citizens named (p. Al. GMT) and the name of the project draft inherent Poultry.

On the other hand, the director of health affairs in the eastern region, Dr Aqil al-Ghamdi of the "city" that the hospitals in the eastern region did not record any case of the "prisoners" [hospitalized persons] suffer from bird flu and said:  The Directorate has taken precautionary measures regarding the disease and the work of raising and distributing pamphlets to citizens and stressed that the Ministry of Health has a great role in this regard exemplified in the local committee will be monitoring the situation and responding to happen when, God forbid, and that all hospitals be ready to deal with this disease, as well as real estate available in enough.

The eastern region has recorded no case of the disease since the infected announced until yesterday, and learned that the city branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region had addressed the security authorities imposed a security blockade on the farm not be allowed near the site of the farm as well as the lack of exit or entry to any citizen whatsoever has been tightened Oversight on this project by the security authorities to be completed and make sure that there are no other injuries On the other hand, a number of residents of the eastern region fears of the spread of the disease, which was detected by a branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region within a farm, which lies on the eastern region about 100 kilograms of the spread of the disease in the markets and shops of chicken and tighten asylum strict control of this situation because it is not likely delay and complacency and asylum control farms and parks that are on the borders of the region, where it has a large number of birds and demanded to enter each farm and disclosure of all the birds inside to make sure bee the disease infected or not, not after the discovery of the disease and speaking citizen Abdullah Muhammad that the Ministry of Agriculture great responsibility towards the disease and said they must emphasis necessary and strict control in the markets and shops, especially poultry shops that abound in the country and the work of field tours and almost daily and take samples and checked for free birds and poultry disease avian influenza and Ahmad Said Al-Otaibi said that the matter was serious and likely delays and considerable responsibility lies on the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture must educate citizens work bulletins awareness within neighborhoods and publishing the figures for their own reporting on any emergency situation where the more citizens does not know how No. contingency these cases. The city learned that all employment [employees] within the farm has been quarantine them until the completion of the screening process, the city tried to contact His farm, but to no avail, despite getting all of the figures on Saudi telephone directory.

The first problem facing the Minister of Agriculture after fixing provide overall management of agriculture, the Eastern filed a citizen reported that there Nfuka very impressive for a farm in one of the parks in the eastern region belonged to one of the citizens and there were a number of birds, including pet birds, such as entertainment Altaeos parrot, ostriches, turkeys and other birds and other immediately directed a medical team from the Ministry of Agriculture branch in the eastern region of the farm and took samples of the birds were sent to the veterinary diagnostic laboratory in the city of Riyadh, the capital, after the result of the laboratory found that the majority of these birds infected with avian flu disease high-risk and called (H5N1), after a test reverse polymerization (NBC TR) and planting eggs and embryos in the medical team full survey of farms adjacent to the farm in all the parks and to make sure that if there was other injuries the same disease and completion of the investigation to determine the source of the spread of the disease.

On the other hand, he addressed the branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Eastern security agencies not to allow near the site of the farm and not to enter or exit and immediately went to work security patrols necessary in order to make sure that when there is no other injuries, on the other hand requested the Ministry of Agriculture need the cooperation of citizens and residents to report any suspicion on this grave matter and, through the communication ministry's operations room telephone number (014030911) or the nearest branch of the ministry in any area.

http://www.almadinap...

Ad Damm?m, Saudi Arabia:
http://encarta.msn.c...

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by: Theresa42 @ Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 01:27:15 AM UTC

SAUDI ARABIA - 2 farms affected? / 26 poultry workers test neg

Sounds to me as though there is bf on 2 farms in eastern Saudi Arabia -- one in "Alja'imh" and the other in "Aboman".  26 poultry farm workers have, apparently, been tested -- and have tested neg....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Formation of a committee from several quarters for the follow-up H5N1 testing and negative 26 workers
Laboratory tests on 100 thousand [?] bird Navq confirm that birds infected with influenza
March 25, 2007

Emergency meeting of the Poultry Producers Sharqia and survey to determine the source of infection

Dammam: war of Alessimi

Al "Homeland" of the source examination included 26 workers working in the farms, one in Alja'imh and other Aboman Center in the eastern region [Ash Sharqiyah] resulted in the negative laboratory tests conducted to ascertain the illness "bird flu" after the eastern number of cases in birds in the last two days.  Also tests proved negative disclosure about 100 thousand [?] discovered bird mortality rates during intermittent periods during the last period in the East since it has proven to be free of avian influenza illness.

Al and the "Fatherland" that the recent formation of a committee from all the relevant authorities in the eastern region to follow up on the epidemiological situation of a "bird flu" on an ongoing basis, the Commission has taken a number of precautionary measures to monitor migratory birds, which are the source of Ovadh causing the disease, including the provision of necessary equipment and medicines, vaccines, in addition to the actions taken by the concerned bodies in anticipation of the emergence of any cases among humans.

The source said there is no evidence that eating cooked poultry and eggs can transmit infection contracted avian flu, which poses a threat to the rights through his Inflammation in the lung failure in the internal organs and death where he died so far about 50% of people who were exposed to the disease as well the likelihood of transmission from one person to another, which could lead to the spread of the epidemic globally.

He stressed that the disease is bird flu-run animal origin caused one type of influenza viruses (H5N1), which usually affects birds and some other animals Kalkhanazer recently proved the possibility of transmission to humans, the disease is very serious, in that rapidly deployable between birds and bird mortality caused by high might reach 100 % addition to extensive material damage caused by the trade in poultry and birds of different kinds. He pointed out that the concern of the current spread of avian flu is due to the wide spread in South East Asia and some Arab countries and neighboring Gulf, in addition to its spread in the new countries that have never appeared before.

One of the reasons also concerned that the avian influenza virus has in recent years become more and fiercer live for a longer period in nature and the outer perimeter and has been able to hit some of the mammal species that were resistant to H5N1 previously, while the disease may cause mild symptoms such as lack of egg production and may cause symptoms sharp introduced birds, including inflation and wounded Bazrakkak tends to blackness and the lethargy of birds and refraining from eating and recluse in the dark places and the high temperature and flu and severe thirst Athas, coughing, Mekhat exit from the nose and eyes, diarrhea green water turns out to be white and inflation and the congestion of German and grafted onto the eye and neurological symptoms, such as paralysis, and the birds Wild Water is the natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses and migratory birds can be transferred to the disease of poultry herds in a new and different places of the world.

The source pointed out that the rights were infected when mixing with sick poultry or contaminated surfaces, tools and Mfrzatha remnants of poultry and the possibility of infection during the slaughter of more infected poultry or few bits or cutting and processing for cooking. Beginning symptoms of the disease in humans warmly and pain in the throat, coughing develops to a viral infection in the lungs and sharp if not rush to the treatment has failed to develop pneumonia and may lead to death in some cases.

He revealed the absence of a vaccine for human beings until today against avian influenza, but there are vaccines under test and there Automatic Tamevlo (TamiFlu), which is used to treat the patients and gives Mkhalten for the prevention of infection and treatment started as early effect was better and faster and increases the likelihood of recovery.

An emergency meeting was held

On the other hand, officials in the Ministry of Agriculture branch in the eastern region yesterday afternoon Saturday an emergency meeting with poultry producers in the region to discuss the implications of the emergence of a "bird flu" in the eastern region in a private farms.

The general supervisor of the preventive security branch of the poultry projects of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region, Dr. Abdul Jabbar Al-employer satisfaction the announcement during the meeting of poultry producers in the region yesterday afternoon in Dammam, the Ministry of Agriculture is working under the draft preventive measures and the emergency plan to combat avian flu disease in the cities of the Kingdom.

The humble employer satisfaction "Al-Watan" that there is the case of one emerged in the eastern region, where a farm had been executed 670 birds of 37 different types, as they are currently in the process of "epidemiological survey" (inquiry) to the source of infection and the emergence of the disease in the region, which is still not known, and the possibilities still available for the reasons infection, pointing out that agriculture worked at a veterinary eight teams each task consisting of a doctor and assistant is sufficient for the time being there is no epidemic, which has removed the focus of this disease and of death, burial and cleansing of the farm.

The officials confirmed that the number of poultry farms in areas which appeared near the avian flu disease that farm modern medical follow all the rules, there are no fears of the emergence of the disease in that modern farms that carry out immunization and follow-up and control theory, which cancels the spread of the disease, assuring that the emergence of the disease is in farms and rest belong to the private property of individuals, not companies.

While there in the cities and districts of the Eastern region 25 projects for poultry cements tracking the safety and supervision of the branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region.

http://www.alwatan.c...

Proud FAF-er.

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by: Theresa42 @ Sun Mar 25, 2007 at 18:23:30 PM UTC

SAUDI ARABIA - Bird flu confirmed in ostriches

Is this correct? -- there hasn't been H5N1 in ostriches before?  (Again, this sounds like a second farm is involved in this outbreak in Saudi Arabia -- the one with all the parrots, etc., and now this one with ostriches.)

Google-translated from Arabic:

For the first time in the world .. Avian influenza infection ostriches in Saudi Arabia
March 26, 2007

RIYADH:  An official source branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Eastern new details of the discovery of avian flu in one of the focus rested Alja'imh.

According to the Gazette, "Akadh" source explained that the injury was limited to 30 ostrich all dead and this is the very first time at the world level recorded cases of bird ostriches this disease.

The source said:  "He was a member of the team who stood on the field of ostriches dead and supervised the sampling of ostriches dead on the Sunday before last, and that he was sure that the cause of death is due to avian flu based on the symptoms that appeared on the 30 ostrich before mortality rates."

The source pointed out that swabs were taken from the trachea and brain [?] of two ostriches, and the samples were sent to the laboratory of agriculture in Riyadh last Tuesday, as the results of examination Outlook Panel found that the avian flu detected is the most ferocity.

Asked why infection source said:  "The ostriches imported type of the injured may be moved to the virus from other birds breeding of the disease from its country of origin."  [Wonder what country they were imported from?]

The source pointed out that transmission of avian flu could be through food or waste carrier of H5N1.

With regard to the execution of pet birds of the "640" which breaks between the source had been in accordance with the procedures regular practice globally.

The drilling a hole two meters deep at the park-and-a-half meter and the length of 5 meters and the three meters and a layer of lime neighborhood was then sprayed Bamutehr after heated and then placed ostriches dead and placed above another layer and then buried this method sound 100th% from the scientific standpoint it does not have any damage futuristic note that supervised the executions, burial team specialist affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture.

http://www.moheet.co...

Proud FAF-er.

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by: Theresa42 @ Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 22:06:39 PM UTC

SAUDI ARABIA - Suspicious activity on poultry farms in Jeddah?

Speculative stuff from Saudi Arabia.  Newspaper notices that there seems to be extra-attention paid to poultry farms in/around Jeddah/Mecca -- farms/Ministry of Agriculture say this is just routine.  Whole farms apparently to be "emptied" of birds and cleaned/disinfected....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Owners stressed that they are routine and has nothing to do with the emergence of influenza
Preventive clearing operations in poultry farms in Mecca before the infusion of new bird
March 27, 2007

Jeddah:  Mohamed AL-ZAID

Intensified Department of Agriculture in Mecca during the last two days in the control of their private farms and poultry farming region of 140 licensed farm supervised by the Department, following the implications of the emergence of the avian influenza disease in a farm for the eastern region recently.

On a tour of farms located south-east of the city of Jeddah, specifically in the Berman monitored the "Fatherland" [i.e. the newspaper] clearing operations inside, and described by their owners as routine and has nothing to do with the emergence of avian flu in the eastern region.

With most of rejection based on these farms entering the "Fatherland", the response of a few of them gratis permits farms where they work in and issued by the Ministry of Agriculture represented in the management of agricultural development.

A veterinary doctor Mohammed Ismail, who was engrossed in the process of cleansing the wards free from poultry to the cleansing process is just the routine being held after the liquidation and sale of the entire farm birds, which accounts for annual capacity of 583,680 off with a prelude to receive a new batch of eggs, which are working on breeding.

He also denied the existence of the relationship of what was raised recently about the repercussions of the emergence of the disease in the eastern region, and their work routine, according to the requirements of the Ministry of Agriculture and the profession which it is based.

It also included the area south-east of Jeddah Himam to ascertain the existence of poultry farms in this region, which was experiencing a number of farm-licensed by the General Department of Agriculture within six months ago, a committee composed of municipal sub-region, the police and with the consent of the Principality of Mecca eliminated all.

This came in the wake of the campaign, which included all regions of the Kingdom to make sure farms licensed and non-licensed in the field of poultry and take caution of the spread of the deadly avian influenza virus, did not monitor the round any new farm only debris and former farm, which has remained on the case since the day of the total assessed.

For his part, the director general of the General Department of Agriculture in Mecca Al Jaber monthly and that the administration is working continuously to conduct regular tours within the teams to make sure that there is no violation of the new farms.

He added that there was a difference that other rounds of the farms licensed also regularly to ascertain the extent of the commitment of these farms applying preventive security measures for a total of 140 poultry farm in the Mecca of which approximately 40 farm town in Jeddah only that the ministry is keen to be bound by and apply to all projects poultry Kingdom.

He pointed out that the implications of the emergence of the disease in the eastern region have doubled in the effort existing tours and intensified only stressing that the ministry is working to implement the best security systems and preventive reached it by the States in the field of poultry and to assure consumers that there are no poultry farms Kingdom of the avian influenza virus, God.

The sightings on the "Fatherland" for cleansing operations carried out by some of the farms currently Is it a repeat appearance of the disease in the eastern region, the monthly that this is part of the Preventive Security will be after the end of each of the poultry farm before calming any new preparation.

And some of the observations or worn out some of the rooms, the monthly view that the Ministry's technical on the wings of the fact that the permits are accepted and while the unfitness wards of poultry has been stopped completely denied by the administration to stop any farm region of farms licensed for this reason, except for some cases limited as saying that bears the technical irregularities that do not warrant suspension.

http://www.alwatan.c...

Proud FAF-er.

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by: Theresa42 @ Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 02:57:32 AM UTC

Bahrain "Viral Fever" like Flu

Fever blamed on holidaymakers 

HEALTH officials have attributed a recent surge in viral fever cases in Bahrain to a "huge influx" of vacationers coming back to Bahrain from holidays abroad.

They say there is no cause for concern and the situation is well under control.

Health Ministry spokesman said most of the victims of the viral fever, who visited the Salmaniya Medical Complex with influenza-like symptoms, are from India.

"There are several parts of India, particularly the southern states, which are in the grip of a viral epidemic," he said.

"It is possible some of them have come back from their holidays carrying the virus."

The spokesman said, however, their condition is easily treatable and there is no cause for alarm.

"They are being routinely treated with antibiotics and released from the hospital after being prescribed bed rest for up to a week."

The GDN had reported last week that there has been an unexplained surge in cases of viral fever in Bahrain.

Accident and Emergency Department doctors said a "large number" of cases have been reported to the hospital with influenza-like symptoms such as very high fever and shivering, along with severe body ache and a sore throat.

They said these symptoms are rather unusual at this time of the year since there has been no sudden change in the weather.

http://www.gulf-dail...

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by: Okieman @ Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 21:53:04 PM UTC

thanks Okieman

let's keep an eye out for severe respiratory symptoms.



All 'safety concerns' are hypothetical.  If not, they'd be called side effects...

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by: SusanC @ Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 23:38:20 PM UTC

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QATAR - Rumors of bf cases circulating in the country / denied by Ministry of Health

Rumors of bf cases circulating in Qatar -- denied by Ministry of Health.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Health, Hamad Medical:  No human casualties Avian
December 7, 2007

Doha - MT:

Denied the National Health yesterday rumors that the health of the information about the existence of human casualties and other Avian pointing in the same context that this information completely unfounded and baseless at the same time reassuring the public the local free the country from the virus and had not recorded any injuries occurred since the emergence of this epidemic to the present day.

Denied Hamad Medical Foundation validity of this information confirming that it was incorrect and it does not depart from the rumors.

This was "Middle" [the newspaper] had received yesterday barrage of telephone calls to inquire about the fact that text messages via mobile phone that read:  "reliable sources declare that the discovery of 4 cases of the avian influenza disease in the State of Qatar, 3 of citizens and one woman resident to be cautious eat eggs of the country and guard against this dreaded disease" claim publish the letter.

In turn, calls "Middle" brothers all citizens and residents of the need to treat with such rumors and investigate credibility when circulation.

http://www.al-sharq.com/Displa...

Proud FAF-er.

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by: Theresa42 @ Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 20:12:44 PM UTC