INTL (Health): China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu

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China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu - BNO News​


Published 8 mins ago on March 1, 2023 By BNO News​



A woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the strain of avian influenza which has spread around the world and worried experts. The news comes just a week after two people in Cambodia were infected with a similar variant.
The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu province in eastern China, according to WHO. She developed symptoms on January 31 after exposure to poultry. Details about her condition have not been released.

Last week, an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia died of H5N1 avian influenza after ducks and chickens at her home died suddenly. Her father, a 49-year-old man, tested positive a few days later but did not become seriously ill.
Genetic sequencing carried out in China showed that the new case was caused by clade 2.3.4.4b, the same variant which has spread around the world and raised concern about a possible threat to human health. This sets it apart from the cases in Cambodia, which were caused by clade 2.3.2.1c, an older variant.
Other details about the new case have not been released.

The new variant of H5N1, which emerged in late 2021, has caused outbreaks around the world, even in countries where bird flu had never been found. Since then, more than 50 million birds have been culled in Europe and nearly 58 million in the U.S.
The global spread of bird flu has raised concern about the possibility of a future variant which could lead to human-to-human transmission. Recent cases in mammals – including in mink, foxes and sea lions – have added to those concerns.
“H5N1 has spread widely in wild birds and poultry for 25 years but the recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said earlier this month.
Tedros added: “For the moment, WHO assesses the risk to humans as low. … But we cannot assume that will remain the case and we must prepare for any change in the status quo.”

The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) echoed those concerns.
“The current situation highlights the risk that H5N1 avian influenza may become better adapted to mammals and spill over to humans and other animals,” the agency said on February 13. “Some animals, such as mink, may act as mixing vessels for different influenza viruses, leading to the emergence of new strains and subtypes that could be more harmful to animals and/or humans.”
A 9-year-old girl in Ecuador tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in January, making it the first such case in South America. She was hospitalized in critical condition but has since recovered. In September 2022, a 38-year-old woman died of H5N1 in China’s Guangxi after exposure to backyard poultry.

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China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu

A woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the strain of avian influenza which has spread around the world and worried experts. The news comes just a week after two people in Cambodia were infected with a similar variant. The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu...
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TammyinWI

TammyinWI

Talk is cheap
Forget it! No way. This is all a ruse, another one that is.

And they will use DEW's if need be, to make it appear real, as in possibly "Starlink" and "space-x" beams.

Think that internet is all that they can beam down??
 
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OldArcher

Has No Life - Lives on TB
jward said:

China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu - BNO News​


Published 8 mins ago on March 1, 2023 By BNO News​



A woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the strain of avian influenza which has spread around the world and worried experts. The news comes just a week after two people in Cambodia were infected with a similar variant.
The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu province in eastern China, according to WHO. She developed symptoms on January 31 after exposure to poultry. Details about her condition have not been released.

Last week, an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia died of H5N1 avian influenza after ducks and chickens at her home died suddenly. Her father, a 49-year-old man, tested positive a few days later but did not become seriously ill.
Genetic sequencing carried out in China showed that the new case was caused by clade 2.3.4.4b, the same variant which has spread around the world and raised concern about a possible threat to human health. This sets it apart from the cases in Cambodia, which were caused by clade 2.3.2.1c, an older variant.
Other details about the new case have not been released.

The new variant of H5N1, which emerged in late 2021, has caused outbreaks around the world, even in countries where bird flu had never been found. Since then, more than 50 million birds have been culled in Europe and nearly 58 million in the U.S.
The global spread of bird flu has raised concern about the possibility of a future variant which could lead to human-to-human transmission. Recent cases in mammals – including in mink, foxes and sea lions – have added to those concerns.
“H5N1 has spread widely in wild birds and poultry for 25 years but the recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said earlier this month.
Tedros added: “For the moment, WHO assesses the risk to humans as low. … But we cannot assume that will remain the case and we must prepare for any change in the status quo.”

The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) echoed those concerns.
“The current situation highlights the risk that H5N1 avian influenza may become better adapted to mammals and spill over to humans and other animals,” the agency said on February 13. “Some animals, such as mink, may act as mixing vessels for different influenza viruses, leading to the emergence of new strains and subtypes that could be more harmful to animals and/or humans.”
A 9-year-old girl in Ecuador tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in January, making it the first such case in South America. She was hospitalized in critical condition but has since recovered. In September 2022, a 38-year-old woman died of H5N1 in China’s Guangxi after exposure to backyard poultry.

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China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu

A woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the strain of avian influenza which has spread around the world and worried experts. The news comes just a week after two people in Cambodia were infected with a similar variant. The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu...
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Ah, another gift from China that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving…

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Trouble

Trouble

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Oh shit , that isn’t bueno. Last one was a joke this one however. If you need m95s you better go get them today, they will be long gone once this hits the sleeping idiocy that is our countrymen.
 
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jward said:

China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu - BNO News​


Published 8 mins ago on March 1, 2023 By BNO New​


A woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the strain of avian influenza which has spread around the world and worried experts. The news comes just a week after two people in Cambodia were infected with a similar variant.
The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu province in eastern China, according to WHO. She developed symptoms on January 31 after exposure to poultry. Details about her condition have not been released.

Last week, an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia died of H5N1 avian influenza after ducks and chickens at her home died suddenly. Her father, a 49-year-old man, tested positive a few days later but did not become seriously ill.
Genetic sequencing carried out in China showed that the new case was caused by clade 2.3.4.4b, the same variant which has spread around the world and raised concern about a possible threat to human health. This sets it apart from the cases in Cambodia, which were caused by clade 2.3.2.1c, an older variant.
Other details about the new case have not been released.

The new variant of H5N1, which emerged in late 2021, has caused outbreaks around the world, even in countries where bird flu had never been found. Since then, more than 50 million birds have been culled in Europe and nearly 58 million in the U.S.
The global spread of bird flu has raised concern about the possibility of a future variant which could lead to human-to-human transmission. Recent cases in mammals – including in mink, foxes and sea lions – have added to those concerns.
“H5N1 has spread widely in wild birds and poultry for 25 years but the recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said earlier this month.
Tedros added: “For the moment, WHO assesses the risk to humans as low. … But we cannot assume that will remain the case and we must prepare for any change in the status quo.”

The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) echoed those concerns.
“The current situation highlights the risk that H5N1 avian influenza may become better adapted to mammals and spill over to humans and other animals,” the agency said on February 13. “Some animals, such as mink, may act as mixing vessels for different influenza viruses, leading to the emergence of new strains and subtypes that could be more harmful to animals and/or humans.”
A 9-year-old girl in Ecuador tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in January, making it the first such case in South America. She was hospitalized in critical condition but has since recovered. In September 2022, a 38-year-old woman died of H5N1 in China’s Guangxi after exposure to backyard poultry.

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China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu

A woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the strain of avian influenza which has spread around the world and worried experts. The news comes just a week after two people in Cambodia were infected with a similar variant. The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu...
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China, is always trying new ways to murder their people ?
 
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Latest human bird flu cases in China raise concerns of potential outbreak​


Lok Jian Wen​


Updated

Mar 3, 2023, 1:28 PM SGT

China’s latest reported human cases of bird flu have raised concerns among experts about the infections tied to a high fatality rate despite the authorities saying there is a low risk of transmission.
The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu province in eastern China, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) official cited by BNO news. She developed symptoms on Jan 31 after exposure to poultry and tested positive for the H5N1 strain, before being hospitalised on Feb 4.

More than 1,400km away, another case was detected in a 49-year-old man from the southern Guangdong province.
Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Wednesday that the man had contact with live poultry before developing symptoms on Dec 17 and was confirmed to be infected with the H5N6 strain. He was admitted to hospital on Dec 21 and remains in “serious condition”.
The city’s Health Department advised travellers to China to avoid contact with poultry, including staying away from wet markets, live poultry markets or farms.

Since 2014, 83 human cases of avian influenza H5N6 have been reported by China’s health authorities, said CHP.
The global spread of bird flu has raised concerns about the possibility of a future variant that could lead to human-to-human transmission, which experts say is rare.
Ecuador reported its first human case of bird flu in a nine-year-old girl in January, who was likely infected through direct contact with virus-carrying domestic poultry.
Bird flu affected nearly 60 million birds across the United States, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, leading to many of the birds being culled.

In February, Cambodian officials said a daughter and father pair who were recently infected with H5N1 were both exposed to village poultry and that there was no sign of human-to-human transmission.
The 11-year-old girl died on Feb 22 and her father tested positive two days later, prompting the WHO to voice concerns about possible transmission between humans.

WHO director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention Sylvie Briand confirmed the global health body was working with Cambodian authorities, describing the outbreak as “worrying”.
While risk of transmission between humans is low, the virus can be dangerous with up to 93.8 per cent of cases developing into severe cases, China’s Global Times reported, adding that death rates could reach above 60 per cent.
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Latest human bird flu cases in China raise concerns of potential outbreak

Though human-to-human transmission is rare, the virus is dangerous for those infected by exposure to poultry. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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IMHO H5N1 will eventually become a problem for humans. The questions are: of course when and how bad? If there's enough genetic drift it could mean just another strain of flu. No biggy. If not? It could be wicked bad. It has become endemic in wild bird populations in so many places an outbreak could spontaneously happen almost anywhere including the US.

As to China purposely releasing it? Unless their current population has been vaccinated against it? It would not be pretty. By the time the population was vaccinated against it, it would be possible that due to genetic drift, the vaccine might be only partially effective against the mutated strain or maybe not at all.

Am I loosing sleep over the possibility? No.
 
Knoxville's Joker

Knoxville's Joker

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A lot of my reading is that a lot of these nastier bugs have help. With GMO foods it is hard telling how the feed changes will trigger things. Wait till the bomb shell comes out that any GMO food will make benign illnesses deadly. Or that the immunizations they are giving have latent triggers built in to make such common harmless things deadly. Or a more deadly version was released that these were the test patients...
 
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