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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-22 05:15:23 - Epidemic - Hungary

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EP-20110122-29279-HUN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-22 05:15:23 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Europe</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Hungary</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>Statewide, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> A national flu epidemic has been declared in Hungary, the National Public Health and Medical Officer Service reported. The public is recommended to ask for a vaccination against the virus from their doctors. The number of people who visited their doctors with flu-like symptoms was 18,400 on the week between January 10 and 16, which is 150% more than on the previous week. The majority of patients are aged between 15 and 34 and live in Pest County.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Flu
Species: Human
Status: Confirmed
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Situation Update No. 1
Posted:2011-01-22, 04:21:38 [UTC]
Ref.no.: BH-20110122-29275-JPN

Situation Update No. 1
On 2011-01-22 at 18:56:28 [UTC]

Event: Biological Hazard
Location: Japan MultiPrefectures Prefectures of Miyazaki and Fukushima



Situation: Six chickens found dead in a poultry farm in Miyazaki city were confirmed to have been infected with a highly pathogenic avian flu virus, the Miyazaki prefectural government said Saturday. Given the confirmation, all the roughly 10,000 chickens at the same farm will be culled, according to local government officials. Detailed examinations were conducted after the six dead chickens tested positive for avian flu in preliminary checks. The six were among 36 chickens which had been found dead at the farm by Friday evening, the officials said, adding that 10 more chickens there died later. The prefectural government has asked 51 farms within a 10-kilometer radius of the farm in question not to move their chickens, which number 1.93 million, and their eggs. It will send samples to the National Institute of Animal Health in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, to check whether the virus is highly virulent, the officials said. It is yet another blow to the local poultry industry in the southwestern prefecture, which was hit by bird flu in 2007 and then a foot-and-mouth epidemic that led to the slaughter of about 290,000 cows and pigs.

 

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-23 11:40:21 - Epidemic Hazard - Russia [Asia]

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110123-29289-RUS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-23 11:40:21 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Asia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Russia [Asia]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>Astrakhanskaya Oblast, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Astrakhan</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Number of infected people: 30

Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Another four pupils have been hospitalized with suspected food poisoning in the Astrakhan Region in south Russia, bringing the total number of children affected by the stomach bug to 28, the regional emergencies ministry said on Sunday. Mass food poisoning among pupils of a secondary school in the town of Karagali occurred on January 19. In the first three days, 24 children aged 7-17 were hospitalized with the symptoms of acute dysentery, the ministry said. According to the regional prosecutor's office, four pupils were hospitalized in a grave condition and one of them was taken to an intensive care unit. "Already after the educational process was stopped and a quarantine regime introduced in the town, new cases of the disease were registered among children. The disease symptoms were registered among three pupils on Friday and the fourth pupil sought medical aid on Saturday. Therefore, the total number of children hit by the disease has reached 28 pupils," the ministry said. Prosecutors and the staff of the Russian consumer rights watchdog have exposed gross violations of food storage and food preparation procedures at the secondary school.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Mass Food Poisoning
Species: Human
Status: Confirmed
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Situation Update No. 2
Posted:2011-01-22, 04:21:38 [UTC]
Ref.no.: BH-20110122-29275-JPN

Situation Update No. 2
On 2011-01-23 at 15:28:01 [UTC]

Event: Biological Hazard
Location: Japan MultiPrefectures Prefectures of Miyazaki and Fukushima



Situation: Japan will cull around 410,000 chickens at a major poultry farm in western Miyazaki prefecture to tackle an outbreak of bird flu, an official said on Sunday. The decision came after about 20 chickens were found dead on Sunday morning at the farm. Authorities decided to slaughter all the birds kept in the complex to prevent a wider outbreak, a farm ministry official said. The complex is located a few kilometres from another farm where the slaughter of around 10,000 chickens is already underway. On Saturday Prime Minister Naoto Kan set up a task force to contain the bird flu outbreak, officials said. It was the prefecture's first bird flu outbreak since 2007. In Miyazaki, which is 900 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, a foot-and-mouth outbreak last year forced the slaughter of almost 300,000 farm animals.

 

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-24 03:35:17 - Epidemic Hazard - India

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110124-29292-IND</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-24 03:35:17 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Asia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>India</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>State of Maharashtra, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>Mumbay (Bombay) Region, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Chinchpokli</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Number of infected people: 200

Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Around half a dozen family members of a Bhiwandi resident stood outside ward no. 14 at Kasturba Hospital near Chinchpokli. "We don't want to talk to anyone until we get the test report from the National Institute of Virology," said the patient's son. He said he hadn't seen his father in the last 24 hours and was unaware whether he was on ventilator support. "He will come through this, and I am sure we will be able to leave in a day or 2." All members of the family have been given a preventive course of Ribavirin as a precautionary measure, he added. As news about the 48-year-old father suffering from a haemorrhagic fever spread, doctors from the Bhiwandi-Nijampur Municipal Corporation's (BNHC) Health Department visited the Gokul Nagar area. Health officials surveyed around 200 families, checking people for symptoms. BNMC's health officer K R Kharat said: "We spent the entire day carrying out a survey in the Gokul Nagar area and checked around a thousand residents." The authorities found no one with symptoms similar to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF). The only spot of worry was the statement given by a neighbour. "The patient's neighbour told us that the family visited Rajasthan 15 days ago and had stopped at Ahmedabad [in Gujarat state] on the return journey,'' he said. Ahmedabad district has witnessed 3 deaths due to the CCHF in the last 2 weeks. The Bhiwandi doctors also discovered that on his return, the patient had taken ill and was receiving treatment at a local hospital before he was moved to Bhatia Hospital in Mumbai. He was then admitted to Jaslok Hospital before the doctors there transferred him to Kasturba. Dr Pratik Samdhani from Jaslok Hospital said: "The patient had a brain haemorrhage along with renal failure. And because we could not collect the blood samples in complete isolation as required when a person is suffering from an infectious disease, we had to send him to Kasturba."
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Unidentified Haemorrhagic Fever (Fatal)
Symptoms: The authorities found no one with symptoms similar to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF).
Species: Human
Status: Suspected
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Situation Update No. 4
Posted:2011-01-22, 04:21:38 [UTC]
Ref.no.: BH-20110122-29275-JPN

Situation Update No. 4
On 2011-01-24 at 03:41:20 [UTC]

Event: Biological Hazard
Location: Japan MultiPrefectures Prefectures of Miyazaki and Fukushima



Situation: A second case of Avian Flu (H5N1) has been discovered in the southwestern Japan prefecture. Chickens were found dead in Shintomi Town on Sunday, in a house where a further 66,000 birds are located. The poultry farm has a total of 12 houses, numbering some 460,000 birds. It is currently being investigated whether the houses shared feed and waste treatment processes as officials decide how many birds should be culled. This follows the disposal of 10,000 birds at a farm in Miyazaki on Saturday. For Georgia residents, keeping a close eye on biosecurity can help to keep backyard birds healthy, and minimized contact with wild birds should be maintained whereever possible.

 

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-24 10:15:14 - Epidemic - Bulgaria

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EP-20110124-29295-BGR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-24 10:15:14 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Europe</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Bulgaria</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>Statewide, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> An influenza epidemic will be declared in Sofia on January 22 2011, the Sofia regional inspectorate for health care has announced. "The influenza is showing a clear tendency to spread," the medical authorities said. According to the report, between January 10-16, the contagion increased to 155 registered patients for every 10 000 of the population, and that rates are rising towards epidemic levels. The National Reference Laboratory said that about 30 per cent of patients in Sofia are confirmed with A (H1N1) influenza. Starting on January 22, medical establishments will stop all consultations for children and women, as well as preventive examinations and vaccinations, the report said. Sofia municipality was the first to declare an emergency on January 18, followed by Blagoevgrad, and Petrich, earlier on January 19. Subsequently, Dupnitsa, Rila and Kocherinovo said that the level of respiratory infections in their respective regions had escalated and reached epidemic proportions. The influenza has since spread in other regions across Bulgaria. Medical authorities say that people should be washing their hands frequently with soap and water, shield the mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing with a hand, and avoid contact with unwashed hands.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Flu outbreak
Species: Human
Status: Confirmed
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-24 10:50:58 - Epidemic Hazard - Dominican Republic

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110124-29296-DOM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-24 10:50:58 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Caribean Sea</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Dominican Republic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>State of La Altagracia, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Higuey</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Number of dead people: 1

Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Officals in the Dominican Republic have reported the first death from a cholera outbreak that spread from neighbouring Haiti, local media said. Reports yesterday quoted health officials as saying the victim had been in Haiti and lived in the Dominican city of Higuey. A health ministry statement said Renauld Francois, 53, died on Thursday, and that an autopsy would be performed to learn the exact cause of death but that his symptoms were "consistent with the disease." The Dominican Republic has reported 152 cases of cholera since the outbreak in Haiti last year. In Haiti, officials say 3889 people have died since the discovery of the epidemic in mid-October through January 16, out of 194,000 infected. The two countries share the island of Hispaniola.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Cholera
Species: Human
Status: Confirmed
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-25 03:52:49 - Epidemic Hazard - USA

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110125-29302-USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-25 03:52:49 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>North-America</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>State of New Mexico, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>McKinley County, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Number of infected people: 1

Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The New Mexico Department of Health announced today - 23 Jan 2011 - that a 51-year-old woman from McKinley County is hospitalized in critical condition at UNM (University of New Mexico) Hospital in Albuquerque with the state's 2nd diagnosed case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in 2011. An environmental investigation will be conducted to determine where the woman may have been exposed to the virus. "Cases of hantavirus infection in the winter are not as common as in spring and summer and are usually due to rodents seeking shelter and food in homes and other buildings due to the cold weather," said Dr Paul Ettestad, the Department of Health's public health veterinarian. "Being aware of your surroundings so that you avoid disturbing areas of rodent infestation, rodent nests, and droppings is very important along with making sure your house is sealed up so that rodents cannot enter." People can become infected and develop disease from hantaviruses when they breathe in aerosolized virus particles that have been transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva. The deer mouse is the main reservoir for the strain of hantavirus that occurs in New Mexico, Sin Nombre virus. The Department of Health urges health-care workers and the general public to familiarize themselves with the symptoms of hantavirus infection.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Hantavirus
Species: Human
Status: Confirmed
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-25 04:11:32 - Epidemic Hazard - Ghana

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110125-29305-GHA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-25 04:11:32 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Africa</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Ghana</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>Greater Accra Region, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Accra</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Number of dead people: 2
Number of infected people: 45

Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Two deaths were recorded on Monday and more than 45 people hospitalized after a cholera outbreak hit southern Ghana, officials of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reported. The patients are receiving treatment in a number of health centers in the capital Accra and other parts of the central region. Dr. Elias Sory, director-general of GHS, said strategies were in place to fight the pandemic, adding all government health facilities in the region were equipped to handle cholera cases. Deputy Regional Director of the GHS Edward Antwi called on persons who experienced frequent watery stools and vomiting to immediately rush to the nearest health centers for immediate treatment. Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium vibrio cholerae. It has a short incubation period, from less than one day to five days, and produces an enterotoxin that causes copious, painless, watery diarrhea that can quickly lead to severe dehydration and death if treatment is not promptly given.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Cholera
Species: Human
Status: Confirmed
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-26 06:26:22 - Epidemic Hazard - Australia

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110126-29317-AUS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-26 06:26:22 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Australia & New-Zealand</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Australia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>State of Queensland, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Brisbane </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Residents in Brisbane's north have been urged to ensure they are vaccinated against measles amid fears a man diagnosed yesterday could have unwittingly spread the highly contagious virus. <b>Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said she was concerned the 21-year-old man visited the busy Westfield Chermside Shopping Centre on January 19, when he would have been infectious.</b> He was diagnosed with the highly contagious disease at Prince Charles Hospital yesterday. “We know he was in the food court, and he transacted some business at the ANZ Bank," Dr Young said. “We urge anyone who was at the shopping centre on Wednesday, January 19, and especially anyone who was at those two locations within the complex to ensure they are protected against measles and to seek medical advice if they develop symptoms. “Queensland Health will continue to actively investigate this case and do whatever it can to prevent further transmission." It is understood the man contracted the virus on a recent flight into Brisbane from overseas. Three other passengers on the same flight who continued on to another location were infectious with measles at the time. Queensland Health is contacting all other passengers who disembarked in Brisbane and who were seated close to the infected people. Measles is one of the most infectious diseases and is often acquired in public places such as shopping centres or on public transport. According to Queensland Health, measles is spread by tiny droplets through coughing and sneezing and the virus can linger in the environment for several hours. It can be a severe illness even in otherwise healthy adolescents and young adults and can cause pneumonia and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). The initial symptoms are fever, lethargy, runny nose, moist cough and sore and red eyes, followed a few days later by a blotchy red rash, which starts on the face then becomes widespread.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Measles
Species: Human
Status: Confirmed
</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-26 04:13:05 - Epidemic Hazard - India

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110126-29313-IND</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-26 04:13:05 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Asia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>India</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>State of Maharashtra, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>Sassoon Docks, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Mumbai (Bombay)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Number of infected people: 2

Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Cholera has arrived in the city (Mumbay). Two persons have tested positive for cholera after their stool samples were sent to the Sassoon General Hospital. Officials at the hospital confirmed that the culture tests at the microbiology lab have indicated vibrio cholerae of the El Tor type, which doctors said is a milder form of the highly infectious bacterial disease. This they said should be reported to the international community. Dr Anju Kagal, head of microbiology department, said the first sample was of a 16-year-old girl Juhi Kumari Yadav, who was travelling to Jharkand with two friends. "She developed severe diarrhoea and dehydration and had to alight in Pune. She was admitted to Sassoon hospital and was treated here after her sample tested positive for cholera. The second person's stool sample was sent by Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital for confirmation of cholera," said Kagal. Kagal said the patient was a 65-year-old and refused to divulge further details citing patient confidentiality. "Even a single case should be taken seriously as this is a highly contagious disease which spreads through contaminated water. People should be sensitised in neighbouring areas to employ safe drinking water and follow hygienic practices," Kagal said. R R Pardeshi, medical officer, Pune Muncipal Corporation, said he was not aware of any positive cholera case.

Dr Rajshekhar Iyer, medical director, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation said that a person had tested positive for cholera this week and he had given instructions to conduct a survey of neighbouring areas to health officer concerned. However, he did not tell the exact location of the case."I will have to look for the details, it isn't available right now with me," was his reply. Experts on such infectious diseases said the situation should be monitored closely in affected areas. "It is necessary to alert the health authorities, so that they can monitor closely the areas from which such cases have been notified. The source of contamination in cholera is water and that's why it can affect a large number of people. El Tor is the prevalent bacterium and is a milder form of the disease, nevertheless it can get serious if taken lightly," said Dr Sanjay Pujari. Dr Sharad Agharkhedkar, president of Indian Medical Association, said that cholera was a serious concern. "Cholera isn't prevalent in western countries and that's why the World Health Organisation should be notified. They can then issue travel alerts and those coming to the affected areas can take a cholera vaccine. A person affected with cholera can suffer from extreme dehydration and it is serious," he said. Physician Dr Devendra Shirole said as its highly contagious the population that could be infected is not measurable.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Cholera (El Tor type)
Species: Human
Status: Confirmed
</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-26 04:41:26 - Biological Hazard - Japan

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>BH-20110126-29315-JPN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-26 04:41:26 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Asia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>Prefecture of Kagoshima, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Izumi</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Chickens at a poultry farm in Japan' s southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima have tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, local government officials said Wednesday. The prefectural government said that of the 10 birds tested for the virus, eight of them tested positive. The culling of around 8,600 chickens has already started at the poultry farm in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, according to the officials. This is the third case this year and the fourth since December that mass poultry culling has occurred in Japan following the detection of the avian flu virus, which officials say in some cases was a particularly infective strain. Earlier this week, two farms were found to have infected chickens in neighboring Miyazaki Prefecture, the nation's largest poultry-producing region, and the problem was deemed serious enough to dispatch a 170-member Self-Defense Force team to help cull the birds. A farm in Shimane Prefecture, southeastern Japan, was the scene of the first case of bird flu this season. The subsequent spread of the virus is being called a pandemic by some veterinary experts. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry will send its secretary Kenko Matsuki and a team of specialists to Kagoshima Prefecture to try to locate the exact route of the infection, according to statements by ministry officials earlier. Prime Minister Naoto Kan also said early on Wednesday that both local and central governments will do their utmost to stamp out the latest outbreak of the virus.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: H5N1
Species: Animal
Status: Confirmed
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-01-31 04:28:25 - Epidemic Hazard - Australia

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110131-29371-AUS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-01-31 04:28:25 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Australia & New-Zealand</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Australia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>State of Queensland, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Cairns</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="440" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Two people have been diagnosed with dengue fever at Innisfail, south of Cairns, in far north Queensland. Queensland Health says others are also being tested, with results to be known later today. Senior medical entomologist Joe Davis says people who believe they may have symptoms of dengue fever should see a doctor immediately. "It's so important for people if they are unwell because if they don't go and see a physician and they don't pop up on our dengue radar," he said. "If they're not on our dengue radar, we don't know they're there and that's how outbreaks happen, that's how outbreaks continue. "If we don't get to their areas to treat, the mosquitos keep breeding, keep biting people." Cassowary Coast Regional Shire Council Mayor Bill Shannon says residents should take steps to protect themselves from mosquitoes. "The official statement from the Queensland Government says that people should go round once a week and check for where places are capable of holding water," he said. "But I'd suggest that when the mosquitos are around, when the outbreaks are occurring, I think they should go round very frequently after every rainfall event."
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Dengue Fever
Species: Human
Status: Suspected
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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-02-02 19:16:52 - Epidemic - Bangladesh

</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="100%">
</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EP-20110202-29404-BGD</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-02-02 19:16:52 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Asia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Bangladesh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>Hatiabandha upazila, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>Lalmonirhat district , </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td align="right" width="440"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The death of seven people from 'mystery' fever in a northern border district has the experts scrambling to find out whether it was caused by a fresh outbreak of highly fatal 'nipah virus'. The virus is highly infectious as it has killed 113 people out of 152 who had the fever since its first outbreak in 2001 when it was unknown to all. The disease has become a cause of anxiety among Bangladesh's health authorities as it unfailingly strikes every year and there is little the doctors can do except circulating awareness message 'not to drink raw palm juice'. The juice, scientists say, is thought to be responsible for causing the infection. "The government has taken the fatalities in Hatiabandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district seriously," said Prof Mahmurdur Rahman, director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

A 10-member team, comprising IEDCR and ICDDR,B scientists, left Dhaka for Hatiabandha on Wednesday to investigate into the mystery fever that left a few people critically ill in the last 36 hours. Doctors at the Rangpur Medical College Hospital where some victims were transferred have not been able to pin-point the origin of the disease or how it spreads. It reportedly begins with high fever followed by seizure and death. "We suspect it is encephalitis, a serious brain infection, usually triggered by a virus either nipah or Japanese Encephalitis," Prof Rahman said, adding that only lab test can confirm the virus. They (the team) will collect blood samples for lab test in the IEDCR, the lone nipah virus identification laboratory in the South-East Asia A ICDDR,B scientist requesting anonymity, however, said they were suspecting nipah to be the cause of the latest outbreak as the symptoms of the patients who died were similar to those infected with nipah virus. Last month, they also got a nipah case from that region. According to experts nipah virus spread during December to April when fruit bats perch on the jars used for collecting palm juice. They usually leave saliva and droppings into it while sipping the juice. When people drink raw juice, the virus gets into them and passes from person to person. It is so infectious that in 2004 four members of a family in Faridpur died after one of them got infected. A rickshaw-puller who carried a patient to the hospital also got infected and died. "Pteropus bats carry the virus in Bangladesh," said Dr Salahuddin Khan, an ICDDR,B scientist, adding that their research showed using bamboo or stick shade or covering the pitcher with polythene can prevent the juice contamination.

"But people should avoid drinking raw juice," Prof Rahman said, adding they have been circulating such messages and carrying out their surveillance at six health facilities including medical colleges. Besides, IEDCR also collects information from local health authorities elsewhere. He suggested 'one health' approach that means concerted effort of physicians, animal scientists and anthropologists to contain the spread of the virus. Prof Rahman said once people believed that it was 'evil spirit' that kill people, but now they have started to understand the fact. "When people can understand the fact, they can prevent it." Nipah was first detected in Malaysia in 1998, but at present Bangladesh, a hotspot for emerging diseases, is the only country in the world that reports nipah. No one can say why. Meherpur, Naogoan, Rajbari, Faridpur, Tangail, Thakurgoan, Kushtia, Manikganj, and Rangpur are the districts where the disease was detected. "We should heighten our surveillance but we cannot do due to budget constraints," Prof Rahman said.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: Nipah virus
Species: Human
Status: Suspected
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อัพเดทไข้หวัดนก ที่ญี่ปุ่น

Event: Biological Hazard
Location: Japan MultiPrefectures Prefectures of Miyazaki, Aichi and Fukushima

Situation: The Miyazaki prefectural government culled about 154,000 chickens Wednesday at a poultry farm in the city of Miyazaki after confirming the seventh bird flu outbreak in the southwestern Japan prefecture this winter. Aichi, Shimane and Kagoshima prefectures have so far managed to contain infections to one farm each, while the total number of chickens culled in Miyazaki Prefecture so far has risen to over 700,000. In a fresh development, eight dead chickens at a poultry firm in the city of Oita, located north of Miyazaki Prefecture, tested positive for avian influenza in preliminary examinations, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said. About 400 people including Self-Defense Forces troops were engaged in the latest cull at the farm in Miyazaki, where bird flu was confirmed following detailed examinations of six chickens after 191 birds died. The prefecture had initially estimated that 190,000 chickens would be slaughtered, but the figure was revised downward after the cull was completed. Around 2,500 SDF members will leave the prefecture on Thursday after taking part in culls at five poultry farms with infected birds, the local government said. The prefectural government imposed a ban on the transport of chickens and eggs within a 10-kilometer radius of the farm, covering part of the city of Miyakonojo, a leading chicken and egg producing area. Kenko Matsuki, a parliamentary secretary of the farm ministry, held a meeting with Miyazaki Gov. Shunji Kono at the local government office on how to deal with the spreading epidemic. ''We need to consider offering compensation as generously as possible'' to poultry farmers who have had their chickens culled, Matsuki told reporters after the meeting. Since Jan. 22, the Miyazaki prefectural government has confirmed bird flu infections in Miyazaki, Nobeoka, Shintomi, Tsuno, Kawaminami and Takanabe.

 

ไข้หวัดนก H5N1 เริ่มมาระบาด ที่บังคลาเทศ ไก่ 8,000 ตัวติดเชื้อ

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-02-03 13:38:46 - Biological Hazard - Bangladesh

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>BH-20110203-29418-BGD</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-02-03 13:38:46 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Asia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Bangladesh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>Sadar Upazila, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Bagadia village</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td align="right" width="440"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Some 8,000 chickens of a poultry farm, infected with the H5N1 virus, in Kishoreganj have been culled. The culled chickens, from Mozammel Haque's poultry farm at Bagadia village of Sadar Upazila, were buried on Thursday noon under the supervision of the district livestock department. District livestock officer A S M Naushad Hossain told bdnews24.com that they took the step to check the spread of the disease, which was a subtype of the Influenza A virus and could cause illness in humans and many other animals. The bird flu infection was confirmed when the livestock department sent a sample of the tissue to the Central Diseases Investigation Laboratory in Dhaka on Wednesday after some of the chickens of the farm had died. Later, the local administration took the initiative to have the chickens culled. Hossain said the affected farm owner would be given financial assistance, as per the government policy. The farm owner said the culling caused him a loss of around Tk 1.4 million. "However, the government has assured me of providing Tk 150 for each chicken, which will help me recover my losses a little bit."
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> The name of Hazard: H5N1 (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza- HPAI)
Species: Animal
Status: Confirmed
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อัพเดทไข้หวัดนก ที่ญี่ปุ่น

Event: Biological Hazard
Location: Japan MultiPrefectures Prefectures of Miyazaki, Oita, Aichi and Fukushima

Situation: Japan's southwestern Oita Prefecture has become the fifth prefecture to be affected by the highly contagious avian influenza. The Kyodo News says some 8,100 chickens were culled at a farm in the region's Oita City, with 5-hundred more expected to be disposed of soon. Access is now limited to the area within a 10-kilometer radius from the infected farm and seven disinfection sites will be set up in the city. Earlier on Wednesday, 38 chickens died and nine were found to have been infected with the influenza virus.

 

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%">2011-02-03 20:05:35 - Epidemic Hazard - Bangladesh

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%">EDIS Code:</td> <td>EH-20110203-29421-BGD</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date&Time:</td> <td>2011-02-03 20:05:35 [UTC]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Continent:</td> <td>Asia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Country:</td> <td>Bangladesh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State/Prov.:</td> <td>Rangpur division, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Location:</td> <td>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>City:</td> <td>Lalmonirhat</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> Number of dead people: 4
Number of infected people: 30

Not confirmed information!
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td align="right" width="440"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> Description: </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> An investigation has been launched to identify the unknown disease that claimed 4 lives, including 3 children, at Hatibandha in Lalmonirhat, Rangpur division. A team of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) left Dhaka for Lalmonirhat on Wednesday noon 2 Feb 2011. The team was formed with 5 physicians, IEDCR director Mahmudur Rahman told bdnews24.com. "I think t he disease which causes high fever is followed by brain infection." On Tuesday [1 Feb 2011], the 4 people, including the children, died between 12 pm and 8:30 pm. One of them died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital, while the rest died either at home or on their way to hospital. At least 30 people were affected by the disease in the last 2 days. The major symptom of the disease is the rise of temperature at certain interval and it finally drops sharply, resulting in the patient's death.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top">
The name of Hazard: Unidentified Disease (Fatal)
Species: Human
Status: Suspected


โรคระบาดที่บังคลาเทศ โรคนี้ทำให้เกิดตัวร้อนจัดและติดเชื้อที่สมอง ภายในสองวันมีคนติดเชื้อเร็วมากอย่างน้อย 30 คนแล้ว อาการที่สำคัญคือทำให้อุณหภมิร่างกายร้อนอย่างรวดเร็วและเย็นลงอย่างเร็ว ทำให้คนไข้ตาย

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