Via The China Post :
" Taiwan has reported its first H5N2 bird flu case this year after test results confirmed that chickens at a poultry farm in Changhua County were infected with the virus.
Despite the infection, the farm has not logged unusual death rates, contrary to rumors that a large number of its chickens have died, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ) said.
But the farm has already been put under quarantine, and banned from transporting its chickens outside. Its eggs, however, are still allowed to be sent to the market after pasteurization, the bureau said."
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Friday, April 1, 2011
13,000 crowd hospitals in Paraguay due to dengue
Via The China Post :
" ASUNCION, Paraguay -- Dengue fever is raging in Paraguay, with 13,000 patients crowding public hospitals and 18 deaths this year.
Deputy Health Minister Edgar Gimenez announced Wednesday that all elective surgeries are being suspended to free up beds, and that the public health system wants to hire 2,000 new doctors and nurses to help respond to the epidemic.
There is no vaccine for so-called bonebreak fever, which causes strong pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. With many patients getting treatment privately, more than 20,000 are thought to be infected overall, said Health Ministry official Ivan Allende."
" ASUNCION, Paraguay -- Dengue fever is raging in Paraguay, with 13,000 patients crowding public hospitals and 18 deaths this year.
Deputy Health Minister Edgar Gimenez announced Wednesday that all elective surgeries are being suspended to free up beds, and that the public health system wants to hire 2,000 new doctors and nurses to help respond to the epidemic.
There is no vaccine for so-called bonebreak fever, which causes strong pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. With many patients getting treatment privately, more than 20,000 are thought to be infected overall, said Health Ministry official Ivan Allende."
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Taiwan : Severe H1N1-infection case in South confirmed
Via The China Post :
" TAIPEI, Taiwan : The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported yesterday that a new case of severe influenza A (H1N1) infection had been confirmed in southern Taiwan.
The latest case brought to 938 the total number of severe swine flu cases recorded in the country since last summer.
According to CDC Deputy Director-General Chou Jih-haw, a nine-year-old girl was hospitalized June 26, two days after coming down with a fever and cough.
She was later admitted to an intensive care unit and is recovering after treatment, Chou said.
The patient had not been vaccinated against the new flu strain or received seasonal flu vaccine, the official said, adding that none of her family has been infected."
" TAIPEI, Taiwan : The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported yesterday that a new case of severe influenza A (H1N1) infection had been confirmed in southern Taiwan.
The latest case brought to 938 the total number of severe swine flu cases recorded in the country since last summer.
According to CDC Deputy Director-General Chou Jih-haw, a nine-year-old girl was hospitalized June 26, two days after coming down with a fever and cough.
She was later admitted to an intensive care unit and is recovering after treatment, Chou said.
The patient had not been vaccinated against the new flu strain or received seasonal flu vaccine, the official said, adding that none of her family has been infected."
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Taiwan : Physician, 62, dies of H1N1
Via The China Post :
" TAIPEI, Taiwan : A 62-year-old physician with a history of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes died last Friday of complications of type A H1N1 influenza, the first doctor in Taiwan to die from the virus.
The doctor, who practiced medicine in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area, was sent to a medical center June 13 after developing symptoms such as coughing up phlegm. Two days later the patient, who was not vaccinated against either seasonal or the H1N1 flu, was diagnosed with H1N1 influenza.
The attending physician prescribed Tamiflu but the patient did not take the drug, possibly due to concern of its side effects, until it was strongly recommended June 16. That was apparently too late, however, as the patient's condition had worsened and he began to suffer from pulmonary edema the same day.
The patient died June 18 and was the 43th casualty to the H1N1 flu in Taiwan."
" TAIPEI, Taiwan : A 62-year-old physician with a history of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes died last Friday of complications of type A H1N1 influenza, the first doctor in Taiwan to die from the virus.
The doctor, who practiced medicine in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area, was sent to a medical center June 13 after developing symptoms such as coughing up phlegm. Two days later the patient, who was not vaccinated against either seasonal or the H1N1 flu, was diagnosed with H1N1 influenza.
The attending physician prescribed Tamiflu but the patient did not take the drug, possibly due to concern of its side effects, until it was strongly recommended June 16. That was apparently too late, however, as the patient's condition had worsened and he began to suffer from pulmonary edema the same day.
The patient died June 18 and was the 43th casualty to the H1N1 flu in Taiwan."
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
China : 4 swine flu cases reported since April: CDC
Via The China Post :
" TAIPEI, Taiwan : Cases of A(H1N1) infections have not waned with the warming weather. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday revealed that four new cases of swine flu were reported in the nation in less than three months.
CDC statistics showed that since April, there has been a reported 44 cases of influenza, among which four were found to be caused by the A(H1N1) influenza virus. All four victims were residents of a nursing home in which a total of 26 people had suffered from diarrhea and subsequently sent to the hospital.
According to the CDC, of the 44 influenza cases, 36 infections were diagnosed as the seasonal influenza B. However, the cases of swine flu are seen as a sign of the disease regaining traction, CDC officials said."
" TAIPEI, Taiwan : Cases of A(H1N1) infections have not waned with the warming weather. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday revealed that four new cases of swine flu were reported in the nation in less than three months.
CDC statistics showed that since April, there has been a reported 44 cases of influenza, among which four were found to be caused by the A(H1N1) influenza virus. All four victims were residents of a nursing home in which a total of 26 people had suffered from diarrhea and subsequently sent to the hospital.
According to the CDC, of the 44 influenza cases, 36 infections were diagnosed as the seasonal influenza B. However, the cases of swine flu are seen as a sign of the disease regaining traction, CDC officials said."
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