Hong Kong confirms human bird flu case

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Just found this ...... says the situation is worse than reported .... can anyone verify?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpfa3ULO9uE

     Sorry but with regards to the U-tube video and after searching the internet deeply, I am still unable to find any cofirmation of Hong Kong emergency rooms filling up.  And until I do, I go on the record re. the video as strongly suspecting Hoax!  Best to all, John L.

In all this we do all have to concede that this is what should have been expected during the first winter of a newly discover Flu virus that has made the jump?  Lets not forget that.  This was going to happen with a virus known to infect humans, no matter what, as we entered Flu season.  None of this should be surprising.

We also have to concede that if this virus is going to circulate, then really anything we do will not stop all potential cases being stopped. All the protection that HK is putting in place will curtail the rate of infection of the virus as it is now (and may remain) and we can be thankful for that.  At the moment, while I am concerned, in reality, there is little need for any concern beyond where we were 3/6 months ago.

As for 100's of ILI turning up and flooding emergency wards; knowing our media, it would have been all over the sites by now if it was true imo.

RegiMental wrote: In all this we do all have to concede that this is what should have been expected during the first winter of a newly discover Flu virus that has made the jump?  Lets not forget that.  This was going to happen with a virus known to infect humans, no matter what, as we entered Flu season.  None of this should be surprising. We also have to concede that if this virus is going to circulate, then really anything we do will not stop all potential cases being stopped. All the protection that HK is putting in place will curtail the rate of infection of the virus as it is now (and may remain) and we can be thankful for that.  At the moment, while I am concerned, in reality, there is little need for any concern beyond where we were 3/6 months ago. As for 100's of ILI turning up and flooding emergency wards; knowing our media, it would have been all over the sites by now if it was true imo.

【on.cc東網專訊】 Hong Kong added a suspected case of H7N9 bird flu, authorities confirmed a second positive test. It is understood that after a Tuen Mun Hospital from Shenzhen to Hong Kong for treatment of 80-year-old man, suspected H7N9, the hospital immediately for his quick test to determine infection of H7N9; their mild illness, will accept the isolation treatment. Hospital Authority and the Centre for Health Protection will be 21:15 held a press conference to explain the details.

Video here..
http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20131206/bkn-20131206192811104-1206_00822_001.html


Posters please verify this test confirmation. So far the date and data appear accurate. This is the same case with a video.

Medclinician

RegiMental wrote: CStackDrPH wrote: ...personally, I think the world could use a good pandemic!   Just thinkin' out loud.... Wow, thought I was coming to a serious forum to discuss this.  Seems that you cannot escape stupid comments anywhere.

Tongue-in-cheek.  We often discuss this on AFT if you notice other comments.  

Future pandemics are inevitable, and the public health infrastructure always does a horrible job in preparedness.  I can't believe all the attention paid on H5N1 by the CDC and state & local health departments in the USA - it didn't match the real risk of that particular virus.  

Someday, H5N1 may yet reassort, but we will likely have waves of unforeseen viruses assault us first.  H1N1 evolved out of the Mexican swine industry (I consult on the farm where it broke out, in Veracruz).  Other phenotypes are evolving rapidly, and our agriculture system facilitates this, particularly in developing nations.  When you feed bird poop to your swine herds (China), expect the worse.  

Hong Kong confirms second human case of bird flu in a week

|December 6, 2013 |4:24PM ET


City says it is maintaining its influenza pandemic response level at 'serious'.

Hong Kong has confirmed its second human case of the sometimes-deadly H7N9 bird flu, days after the first, as the virus spreads beyond mainland China, authorities said Friday night.

The victim, an 80-year-old man from the neighboring Chinese city of Shenzhen, is in stable condition in a hospital in Tuen Mun on the outskirts of Hong Kong and was set to be transferred to an isolation facility.

"There is no evidence that this virus can cause sustained human-to-human transmission, so the risk of widespread or community-wide outbreak at this stage is low," said Leung Ting-hung, controller of the Center for Health Protection. But the city is maintaining its influenza pandemic response level at "serious."

On Monday, Hong Kong's officials said a 36-year-old Indonesian domestic helper with a history of contact with poultry and travel to Shenzhen had been confirmed to be infected with H7N9, and had been hospitalized in critical condition.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/6/hong-kong-confirmssecondcaseofbirdfluinaweek.html

How did he get it? Are there infected chickens in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong quarantines 19 people over second bird flu case



AFP - Hong Kong on Saturday quarantined an additional 19 people after the city confirmed its second human case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, less than five days after it confirmed its first, officials said.

The 19 people were close contacts of the second carrier of H7N9 in the city -- an 80-year-old Hong Kong man who had been living in the neighbouring mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen.

The man developed a fever and was found to be infected with the virus on Friday after he was admitted to the city's Tuen Mun hospital on Tuesday due to underlying medical conditions.

"Nineteen close contacts of the patient have been quarantined," a government statement released late Saturday said.

Out of the 19 quarantined, 13 had stayed in the same cubicle with the elderly man at the city's Tuen Mun hospital, five were his family members, and one other was the taxi driver who drove him from the border to the hospital, the statement said.


http://www.france24.com/en/20131207-hong-kong-quarantines-19-people-over-second-bird-flu-case

Suzi wrote: How did he get it? Are there infected chickens in Hong Kong?

CStackDrPH wrote: Suzi wrote: How did he get it? Are there infected chickens in Hong Kong? Good question, and one that I have tried to discuss within the public health community!  How and why are elderly men getting H7N9 from live poultry, when the buying/slaughter/cooking of poultry tends to be a female-dominated practice in China?   I have my suspicions.

In my experience, as the young have moved into the cities to work they have taken their parents with them. The "shops" are full of elderly that have nothing better to do than spend the day haggling over prices and talking about the weather. They prefer live animals to processed and since H7N9 does not show any symptoms in infected birds, they buy, slaughter and eat these animals. I suspect that most current cases are spread through fecal transmission. I would not rule out H2H but I don't believe sustained H2H has been achieved. At least I hope it has not!

No news good news?? Wondering whats going on over there!!