SUDAN - Bird flu case confirmed [in poultry] in Juba

[HenryN]

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http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/520450

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THERE is a confirmed outbreak of bird flu (Avian Influenza) in Juba, Southern Sudan, the Ministry of Health has announced.

The chairperson, National Task Force on Bird Flu, Dr. Sam Okware, said yesterday the outbreak was confirmed on September 6, and is affecting local chicken.

He directed the district health officers and district veterinary officers in Nebbi, Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani, Pader, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira. Apac, Kaabong, Kotido and Moroto districts to strengthen their task forces on bird flu to enhance surveillance and public education.

“In addition, the people at the country borders should be on high alert for any suspicious birds or poultry products being brought into the country,” Okware said in a press release yesterday.

He asked the public, especially people who have been travelling to Juba or Southern Sudan to be on ‘high alert’.

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[Niko]

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Juba, Sudan in center of map (for those who are geographically challenged )

[Sharpe]

Re: SUDAN - Bird flu case confirmed [in poultry] in Juba

I've attached a map of the area, with the blue arrow marking the spot. It sorts of speaks for itself. One cannot help but be concerned for the people of the Rift Valley--one of the most important migratory birdspots in the world, that stretches from southern Sudan, through Kenya, Uganda, eastern Congo, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.

[Theresa42]

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Thanks for the maps, Niko & Sharpe!

[Nancy]

Poultry outbreak in Sudan

Bird flu case confirmed in Juba
Monday, 11th September, 2006

By Joyce Namutebi

THERE is a confirmed outbreak of bird flu (Avian Influenza) in Juba, Southern Sudan, the Ministry of Health has announced.

The chairperson, National Task Force on Bird Flu, Dr. Sam Okware, said yesterday the outbreak was confirmed on September 6, and is affecting local chicken.

He directed the district health officers and district veterinary officers in Nebbi, Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani, Pader, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira. Apac, Kaabong, Kotido and Moroto districts to strengthen their task forces on bird flu to enhance surveillance and public education.

?In addition, the people at the country borders should be on high alert for any suspicious birds or poultry products being brought into the country,? Okware said in a press release yesterday.

He asked the public, especially people who have been travelling to Juba or Southern Sudan to be on ?high alert?.

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/520450

[Jeremy]

South Sudan reports first case of bird flu

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Johannesburg (AND) The first case of bird flu has been reported in Juba, south Sudan.
</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>According to the chairperson of the National Task Force, Dr Sam Okware, the outbreak of the disease, which is affecting local chicken, was confirmed on 6 September.

Dr Okware said in a statement that people at the country borders should be on high alert for any suspicious birds or poultry products being brought into the country.


He has also directed the district health officers and district veterinary officers to strengthen their task forces on bird flu to enhance surveillance and public education.


Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, is commonly used to refer to infection from a particular subtype of influenza A virus (H5N1), which can cause severe illness in humans who are infected.


Currently the strain, which is virulent in birds, is transmitted by contact with infected birds and has been transmitted from one person to another in a few cases.


Johannesburg Bureau, AND
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[hawkeye]

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Uganda: Bird Flu Case Confirmed in Juba

Joyce Namutebi
Kampala

THERE is a confirmed outbreak of bird flu (Avian Influenza) in Juba, Southern Sudan, the Ministry of Health has announced.

The chairperson, National Task Force on Bird Flu, Dr. Sam Okware, said yesterday the outbreak was confirmed on September 6, and is affecting local chicken.

He directed the district health officers and district veterinary officers in Nebbi, Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani, Pader, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira. Apac, Kaabong, Kotido and Moroto districts to strengthen their task forces on bird flu to enhance surveillance and public education.

"In addition, the people at the country borders should be on high alert for any suspicious birds or poultry products being brought into the country," Okware said in a press release yesterday.

He asked the public, especially people who have been travelling to Juba or Southern Sudan to be on 'high alert'.

[Sharpe]

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What's been going on in Juba recently.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=251

[Siam]

Bird flu in Juba

Bird flu in Juba

GRACE MATSIKO & EMMANUEL GYEZAHO
JUBA/KAMPALA

A DARK shadow has been cast over attempts to chart a peaceful end to the conflict in northern Uganda after medical authorities confirmed an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus in the South Sudan capital Juba, which is the setting for the peace talks.

The government yesterday took decisive steps and issued a red alert, warning the public, especially those travelling to Juba or South Sudan and those in districts bordering Sudan, to be on the look out for any signs of the lethal Avian Influenza disease that predominantly attacks birds.
However, the leader of the government delegation, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda (above), who is a frequent visitor to Juba and now temporary resident at the South Sudan's provisional capital, said yesterday that there was no cause for alarm.

"The South Sudan authorities are taking necessary measures to protect the people and Sudan. The Uganda delegation is a beneficiary of those adequate public health measures like any other person in Sudan," Rugunda said.
The Avian Influenza, a contagious flu, is caused by viruses that attack many domesticated birds including chickens, ducks and turkeys, weakening their respiratory organs and killing them.

Dr Sam Okware, the Chairperson of the National Task Force on Bird Flu, said on Monday, that the outbreak was confirmed "on September 6 and is affecting local domestic chickens."

However, news of the outbreak only trickled into the public domain in Juba yesterday, causing panic among locals. Local radio stations in Juba aired public announcements in Arabic, English and local languages explaining to people the preventive measures against contracting the flu.

In a press statement from the Ministry of Health, Okware said medical personnel in the areas in close proximity to South Sudan had been put on red alert to institute surveillance procedures to detect any possible outbreaks in the country.

"The district health officers and the district veterinary officers of Nebbi, Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani, Pader, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira, Apac, Kaabong, Kotido and Moroto must strengthen their district bird flu task forces to enhance surveillance and Public education," Okware said.
The disease, which made global headlines in December 2003 after killing thousands of birds in China, is a potentially lethal virus that can mutate into a format that attacks and kills humans.

Up to 60 people were reportedly killed by the virus in China.

[AlaskaDenise]

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discussion of this story also in thread at http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10203

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[Sharpe]

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discussion of this story also in thread at http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10203
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Threads are merged now.

[HenryN]

Re: SUDAN - Bird flu case confirmed [in poultry] in Juba

AVIAN INFLUENZA (194) - SUDAN (BAHR AL JEBEL)
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006
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Source: New Vision , Kampala, Uganda, 11 Sep 2006 [edited]
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There is a confirmed outbreak of bird flu (Avian Influenza) in Juba,
Southern Sudan, the Ministry of Health has announced.

The chairperson of the National Task Force on Bird Flu, Dr. Sam
Okware, said yesterday [10 Sep 2006] the outbreak was confirmed on 6
Sep 2006, and is affecting local chickens.

He directed the district health officers and district veterinary
officers in Nebbi, Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani, Pader, Gulu,
Kitgum, Lira. Apac, Kaabong, Kotido and Moroto districts to
strengthen their task forces on bird flu to enhance surveillance and
public education.

"In addition, the people at the country borders should be on high
alert for any suspicious birds or poultry products being brought into
the country," Okware said in a press release yesterday.

He asked the public, especially people who have been travelling to
Juba or Southern Sudan, to be on 'high alert'.

[Byline: Joyce Namutebi]

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[On 19 Apr 2006, Sudan's Federal Ministry of Animal Resources
notified the OIE of the diagnosis of HPAI, subtype H5, in the
provinces Khartoum and Gezira. In subsequent notifications, in May
and July, additional outbreaks in the same provinces and in the
province River Nile were reported, and the causal agent was finally
confirmed as H5N1.

Juba is situated in the province of Bahr Al Jebel, on the
southernmost part of Sudan, bordering Uganda; for an administrative
map of Sudan, see
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/sudan.pdf>. - Mod.AS]

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[HenryN]

Re: SUDAN - Bird flu case confirmed [in poultry] in Juba

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/09120601/H5N1_Sudan_2.html

[Sharpe]

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Sudan warns people against bringing in 'strange' poultry from Uganda.

http://english.people.com.cn/200609/13/eng20060913_302157.html

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South Sudan has found the first case of bird flu in a poultry farm in the capital city of Juba, the Sudan Tribune reported on its website on Tuesday.
Chairman of the National Task Force on Bird Flu Sam Okware was quoted as saying that the deadly virus was confirmed on Sept. 6 and was affecting local chicken.
He said that he had directed local health and veterinary officials in various districts all over the South Sudan region to strengthen their task forces on bird flu to enhance surveillance and public education.
"In addition, the people at the border areas should be on high alert for any suspicious birds or poultry products being brought into the country," the official added.
He asked the public, especially those who have been traveling to Juba or South Sudan, to be on "high alert."

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[Sharpe]

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Uganda warns people not to bring in 'strange poultry' from Sudan...

http://somalinet.com/news/world/English/3901

Uganda Threatened by Bird flu case in Sudan
Tue. September 12, 2006 02:42 pm.

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Bonny Apunyu

(SomaliNet) The outbreak of fatal bird flu (Avian Influenza) has been confirmed in Southern Sudan?s Juba area, Uganda?s Ministry of Health has announced, New Vision reported Tuesday.

Uganda?s National Task Force chairperson, on Bird Flu, Dr. Sam Okware, said on Monday that the outbreak was confirmed on September 6, and is affecting local chicken.

In an effort to stop the spread of the deadly disease to Uganda through northern Districts with border Sudan, Okware has directed the district health officers and district veterinary officers the districts of in Nebbi, Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani, Pader, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira. Apac, Kaabong, Kotido and Moroto districts to strengthen their task forces on bird flu to enhance surveillance and public education.

?In addition, the people at the country borders should be on high alert for any suspicious birds or poultry products being brought into the country,? Okware said in a press release yesterday.

Okware cautioned Ugandans, especially people who have been traveling to Juba or Southern Sudan to be on ?high alert?.