Cambodia late final week reported its sixth case and fifth dying from H5N1 avian flu this 12 months, in line with the nation’s Ministry of Well being.
The 52-year-old man had dealt with sick and lifeless poultry 2 days earlier than experiencing fever, cough, shortness of breath, and issue respiration. The person lived in Prasat village in Svay Rieng province.
Three youngsters and one other grownup man have additionally died from H5N1 infections in Cambodia this 12 months. The non-fatal an infection occurred in an grownup lady who didn’t report dealing with sickened poultry.
In line with media reviews, it isn’t but recognized which pressure of H5N1 was concerned within the newest Cambodian case, although clade 2.3.2.1c, an older variant that is still endemic within the nation, is a possible wrongdoer.
H9N2 circumstances in Western Pacific
Three new circumstances of H9N2 avian flu have been reported final week to the World Well being Group (WHO) from the Western Pacific Area. All three case-patients had poultry publicity.
Not one of the sickened people, together with a 6-year-old boy from Deyang Metropolis, Sichuan Province, China, died from their infections. The 2 grownup case-patients, each ladies, got antiviral remedies and made a full restoration.
Since December 2015, a complete of 133 human H9N2 circumstances, together with 2 deaths (each in individuals with underlying circumstances), have been reported to the WHO Western Pacific Area Workplace.
The WHO additionally famous one new an infection attributable to H10N3 in Shaanxi province, China, in a 70-year-old feminine farmer. She has been sick since April however is at the moment steady and bettering. Hers is the sixth case of H10N3 ever reported.
USDA could vaccinate poultry
The US Division of Agriculture is contemplating, for the primary time, a plan to vaccinate poultry towards avian flu, Reuters reported late final week. The plan would come with evaluating how vaccination would have an effect on exports.
The plan comes after a 12 months of skyrocketing egg costs in the US after losses of layer chickens.
Whereas egg and turkey farmers are normally supportive of mass vaccination plans, rooster farmers are hesitant that vaccines may masks the presence of the virus in flocks, and make international consumers forgo shopping for American rooster meat altogether.
In associated information, Brazil, the world’s largest poultry exporter, has declared itself freed from avian flu in industrial flocks after observing a 28-day interval with no new industrial outbreaks.
