[health-vn] PRO/MBDS> Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (08): Asia
Vern Weitzel
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Tue May 12 12:46:59 EST 2009
Subject: PRO/MBDS> Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (08): Asia
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:54:13 -0400 (EDT)
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INFLUENZA A (H1N1) - WORLDWIDE (08): ASIA
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In this update:
[1] China: one confirmed case
[2] Thailand: one suspected case
[3] Japan: 4th confirmed case
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[1] China: one confirmed case
Date: Mon 11 May 2009
Source: Xinhua News Agency [edited]
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/11/content_11354739.htm>
Chinese mainland's 1st A (H1N1) flu case in "stable condition": hospital
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Chinese mainland's 1st confirmed A/H1N1 patient is in a stable
condition, said a Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital authority
Monday [11 May 2009].
Tian Ming, vice president of Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital,
said [his] temperature had fallen back to normal.
Both [his] father and his girlfriend, who had close contact with the
patient, were isolated for medical observation at the same hospital.
They didn't show abnormal symptoms, said Tian.
[The patient], 30, who had been studying at an American university,
arrived in Beijing on board the Northwest Airlines flight NW029 [9
May 2009], after making a transfer in Tokyo from St Paul, Minnesota
in the United States. His body temperature was normal when entering
China. He then flew from Beijing to Chengdu on Sichuan Airlines
flight 3U8882 the same day.
Bao was found to have a fever on the flight from Beijing to Chengdu
accompanied by a sore throat, coughing, a stuffy nose and sneezing.
He went to the Sichuan People's Hospital after getting off the plane,
and was tested "weakly positive" to A (H1N1) virus twice by the
Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention. He was then
transferred to the Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital.
[The man] was the 2nd confirmed case of A (H1N1) influenza in China.
On [1 May 2009] in Hong Kong, a 25-year-old male Mexican was
confirmed to be infected with influenza A (H1N1), and those who were
in close contact with him were put under quarantine in 19 mainland regions.
[Editor: Chris]
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[2] Thailand: one suspected case
Date: Mon 11 May 2009
Source: The Nation (Thailand) [edited]
<http://nationmultimedia.com/2009/05/11/national/national_30102352.php>
Thai influenza case 'just common flu'
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A Thai suspected of contracting the type A (H1N1) influenza has fully
recovered after undergoing a 5-day antiviral regimen, which proves
that what the person most likely had was the common human flu, Public
Health Minister Wittaya Kaewparadai said yesterday [10 May 2009].
"The person is now safe, not sick, not having any fever. The person
is now in a normal state," he said.
Lab results due here on Wednesday [6 May 2009] from the US Centres
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will verify that the
unidentified person was not suffering from the swine flu, he said.
"By then, Thailand will be free of the disease, and so far there's
been only one suspicious case, pending CDC confirmation indicating
that it is only ordinary flu infecting the person," he said.
That person's case was foolproof, because the person was recovering
after the end of the 7-day critical period, he said.
The World Health Organisation yesterday [10 May 2009] reported a
total of 4379 cases of the new influenza type A (H1N1) in 29
countries, with 49 fatalities, the latest coming from Costa Rica. The
figure was a large jump from the previous day's tally of 3440 cases reported.
A total of 436 346 Thai and foreign travellers underwent thermal
scans at key Thai airports between [27 Apr 2009] and Saturday [9 May
2009]. Of the 72 registering high body temperatures, 27 have been
placed under ministry care and 8 were put on the watch list,
including the person whose final diagnosis from the US CDC is pending.
A Chulalongkorn Hospital doctor commended the ministry's disclosure
of the case of the person in question, saying it was transparent and
crucial in communicating with the public over the severity of the new flu.
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[3] Japan: 4th confirmed case
Date: Sun 10 May 2009
Source: The Canadian Press [edited]
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iVNzxcgp5PXIlk2YW283yxd2eZGw>
Japan confirms 4th case of swine flu
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Japan confirmed its 4th case of swine flu Sunday [10 May 2009] in a
teenager who recently returned from a school trip to Canada. 3 others
in the group that visited Canada were earlier identified as having the virus.
The patient, who was not identified, is being quarantined at a
hospital near the airport, the Japanese Health and Welfare Ministry
said. He had been in Oakville, Ontario, since [24 Apr 2009] and
returned on Friday [8 May 2009] on a Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit.
A lab at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases confirmed he
had the same strain of the disease identified in the deaths of 53
people worldwide, most of them in Mexico, the epicentre of the disease.
The 3 teenage students and a teacher in his 40s had visited Ontario
on a home stay program since last month [April 2009] with about 30
other students, and returned to Tokyo via Detroit on a Northwest
Airlines flight, Health and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe told a
televised news conference. They had participated in various programs
hosted by a local high school in Oakville.
Andrew Morrison, a spokesman for the Ontario Ministry of Health, said
Friday [8 May 2009] that Ontario and federal health officials were
investigating whether the individuals were infected while in Canada.
Japan has taken 49 other passengers who were on the plane to
hospitals for further tests, and has tracked down all but 4 of the
passengers on the flight who remained in Japan.
The governments in China and Hong Kong said they had quarantined
travellers who were on the flight and continued on to their countries.
Hong Kong is keeping 2 people under observation who have not shown
any flu symptoms.
China's Health Ministry said it had placed 7 people under
observation. Their conditions were not immediately known.
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Although the suspected case from Thailand has fully recovered after
antiviral therapy, the laboratory results for influenza A (H1N1)
infection have not been obtained yet. More information on the result
of laboratory investigations on the suspected case from Thailand
would be highly appreciated.
According to WHO update 25 on the influenza A (H1N1) infection
situation, dated 11 May 2009, 30 countries have officially reported
4694 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection. Mexico has reported 1626
cases and 48 deaths, and the United States 2532 cases and 3 deaths.
Canada has reported 284 cases and one death, and Costa Rica 8 cases
and one death.
The other countries reporting laboratory confirmed cases with no
deaths are Argentina (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), Brazil (8),
China (1 in Hong Kong SAR, and 1 in mainland China), Colombia (3),
Denmark (1), El Salvador (4), France (13), Germany (11), Guatemala
(1), Ireland (1), Israel (7), Italy (9), Japan (4), Netherlands (3),
New Zealand (7), Norway (2), Panama (15), Poland (1), Portugal (1),
Republic of Korea (3), Spain (95), Sweden (2), Switzerland (1), and
the United Kingdom (47).
WHO updates on influenza A (H1N1) infection are available at
<http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/>. - Mod.YMA]
[see also:
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (07): Asia Archive 20090511.1765
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (06): Asia, susp cases 20090507.1711
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (05): Asia (Thailand, Viet Nam) RFI
20090504.1670
Influenza A (H1N1) - Worldwide (04): case counts 20090504.1666
Influenza A (H1N1) - Worldwide (03): Asia (China, S. Korea) 20090502.1650
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (02): case counts 20090430.1639
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": worldwide, update pandemic 5 20090430.1629
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human, "swine flu" - Thailand (02) 20090429.1619
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human, "swine flu" - Thailand, susp, RFI
20090428.1599
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - North America 20090426.1563]
[For additional coverage on the novel A(H1N1) outbreak see the below
reports posted on the general ProMED-mail list, available at
<http://www.promedmail.org>. - Mod.YMA]
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (21) 20090510.1749
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (20): case counts 20090510.1741
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (19) 20090509.1733
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (18): case counts 20090509.1728
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (17) 20090508.1722
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (16): case counts 20090507.1715
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (15) 20090507.1709
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (14): case counts 20090507.1702
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (13) 20090506.1695
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (12): case counts 20090505.1681
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (11): coincident H3N2 variation 20090505.1679
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (10): case counts 20090504.1675
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (09) 20090504.1673
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (08): case counts 20090503.1660
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (07) 20090503.1658
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (06): case counts 20090502.1654
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (05) 20090503.1657
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (04): case counts 20090501.1648
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (03) 20090501.1646
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (02): case counts 20090430.1638
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide 20090430.1636
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (08), food safety, FAO/OIE/WHO 20090507.1710
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (07), swine, Canada, OIE 20090506.1691
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (06), Canada, OIE 20090505.1683
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (05), swine, Canada, FAO 20090505.1680
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (04), infected swine, Canada 20090502.1653
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (03), Egypt, pig cull 20090502.1649
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health 20090430.1637
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": animal health (02), Egypt, prevention
20090429.1623
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": animal health 20090428.1604
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": worldwide (07), update, pandemic 5
20090429.1622
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": worldwide (06) 20090429.1614
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": worldwide (05) 20090428.1609
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": worldwide (04) 20090428.1601
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": worldwide (03) 20090428.1600
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": Worldwide (02) 20090427.1586
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": Worldwide 20090427.1583
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human: worldwide 20090426.1577
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human - New Zealand, susp 20090426.1574
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human - N America (04) 20090426.1569
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human - N America (03) 20090426.1566
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human - N America (02) 20090425.1557
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human - N America 20090425.1552
Acute respiratory disease - Mexico, swine virus susp 20090424.1546
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA (02): (CA, TX) 20090424.1541
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA: (CA) 20090422.1516
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - Spain 20090220.0715
2008
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Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA (TX) 20081125.3715
2007
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Influenza A (H2N3) virus, swine - USA 20071219.4079
Influenza, swine, human - USA (IA): November 2006 20070108.0077]
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