medpedia.com FluTrackers

Tracking Infectious Diseases since 2006

FluTrackers.com Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charity

Official PayPal Seal
H1N1 Swine Flu Information Información Gripe H1N1 Information Grippe H1N1 Influenza H1N1 Informazioni FluTrackers Latest Posts

www www.flutrackers.com



Go Back   FluTrackers > FluTrackers H5N1 Tracking Outbreaks > Middle East > Kuwait

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 01:55 PM
Dutchy's Avatar
Dutchy Dutchy is online now
Editor, Senior Moderator
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 10,613
Default Kuwait - 4 individuals have tested negative

Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians on bird flu fear

03 Apr 2007 17:46:20 GMT

KUWAIT, April 3 (Reuters) - Four Asian workers in Kuwait have been admitted to hospital on fears of bird flu infection, a Health Ministry official said on Tuesday.

"Four Asian workers were transferred to a hospital on suspicion of bird flu, but nothing is confirmed yet," Ahmed al-Shatti told Reuters.

Kuwait has reported scores of bird flu cases in birds but not humans.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03136732.htm


(Adds details, background)

KUWAIT, April 3 (Reuters) - Four foreign workers in Kuwait have been admitted to hospital on fears of bird flu infection, a Health Ministry official said on Tuesday.

"Four Asian workers were transferred to a hospital on suspicion of bird flu, but nothing is confirmed yet," Ahmed al-Shatti told Reuters.

Shatti said the workers were part of teams culling birds in the southern region of Wafra near the Saudi border, where the H5N1 deadly strain had been found on chicken farms.

Kuwait has culled more than 1.7 million birds, the official Kuwait News Agency reported. The figure represents more than two thirds of the country's egg-laying hens.

Kuwait reported 106 bird flu cases in birds this year.

Kuwait's zoo and poultry shops in residential areas have been closed and the import of live birds is banned.

In 2005, Kuwait reported a case of bird flu in a flamingo.

Last edited by Dutchy; April 3rd, 2007 at 02:41 PM.
  #2  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 02:39 PM
Treyfish's Avatar
Treyfish Treyfish is offline
Editor and Director of the China Forum
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 7,637
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians on bird flu fear

Four Asians suspected of having bird flu symptoms spotted in Kuwait
Health & Environment 4/3/2007 9:24:00 PM
Four Asians suspected of having bird flu symptoms spotted in Kuwait KUWAIT, April 3 (KUNA) -- Four Asians were taken to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kuwait for examination because they were suspected of being infected with bird flu, the National Joint Committee for Combating Bird Flu announced Tuesday.
Committee spokesman Dr. Ahmad Al-Shatti told KUNA over phone the Asians were among the teams working nationwide to spot bird flu-infected birds to slaughter them.
He said the number of persons transferred to the Infectious Diseases Hospital since February 18 rose to 22.
Al-Shatti, who was speaking after a regular committee meeting chaired by Minister of Health, did not reveal nationalities of the Asians.
He said the Asians would be exposed to medical examinations in accordance with international standards before officially declaring whether they were infected or not.
The committee, added Al-Shatti, was committed to transparency and exchange of information with the public in a drive to effectively contain the wave of bird flu disease.
The eradication team has been slaughtering birds to contain the disease. HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ordered compensations to be paid to poultry owners. (end) na.bs KUNA 032124 Apr 07NNNN
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesP...00&Language=en
  #3  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 02:41 PM
Treyfish's Avatar
Treyfish Treyfish is offline
Editor and Director of the China Forum
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 7,637
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians on bird flu fear

PAAAFR blamed for spread of disease

Published Date: April 03, 2007
KUWAIT: Member of the Board at the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources and Chairman of the complaints committee at the authority, Nawaf Mutairi said inadequate measures taken by the authority to fight diseases were the main reasons behind the spread of bird flu and bovine tuberculosis in Kuwait.
He said that by not taking preventive measures in allowing some birds' entry via the airport, as well as not making the correct laboratory tests and quarantines were all part of the reasons. He also said several birds entered the country without being subjected to tests, especially since they were supposed to be examined and detained for 21 days and then rechecked every week until ensuring that they were free of the disease in order to release them.
He added that the authority sometimes took verbal undertakings from the owners of the birds ensuring that they would detain them, which were in violation of the World Health Organisation's laws as well as the minutes of meeting held by the birds flu emergency committee dated 8/8/2006.
He affirmed that he learned about two cases of people infected with bovine tuberculosis in Kuwait because shipments were allowed in without producing health certificates from the exporting country. He said the authority became aware of this and ordered the shipment to be sent back, adding that the source was Domal.
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news...MTcwOTE2NTU0MA==
  #4  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 06:06 PM
FluBossie FluBossie is offline
Senior User
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 147
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians on bird flu fear

Kuwait hospitalises four Asians for suspected bird flu



4 April 2007 | 00:34 | FOCUS News Agency



Kuwait City. Four Bangladeshi workers who had been culling chickens infected with bird flu were admitted to hospital in Kuwait with flu-like symptoms Tuesday, the health ministry said.
"The four men are members of the teams combating the disease and have been involved in culling chickens, AFP informs. They were admitted to hospital over suspicions they might be infected," ministry spokesman Ahmad al-Shatti told AFP.
Shatti said it was not the first time that anyone had been admitted to hospital to be kept under observation for the disease.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n109373
  #5  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 08:16 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians on bird flu fear

A previous Bengali sus case in Kuwait reportedly tested neg the other day:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20639
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
  #6  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 09:55 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians [Bengalis] on bird flu fear

Google-translated from Arabic:

Health 4 sent samples to a laboratory Department workers worldwide to make sure their injuries .. Company and the sixth executed in abundance Tiorha
The discovery of human .. infected with bird influenza "initially"

April 4, 2007

Abdullah Taha Al-Shamari, Secretary, and Jamal Al-Rajhi, Nasser Al-Otaibi, Abdullah Lamb:

The risk of avian influenza disease expands yesterday with the discovery of the sixth farm in the abundance found in infected birds, and the continuing executions of any bird suspected of suffering, but the greatest shift in the subject is that "Preliminary tests of the four workers Department proved to be infected with", but that the Ministry of Health has announced that it has sent samples of workers four to a laboratory to ascertain the global infection, in accordance with the instructions of the World Health Organization.

The Under-Secretary for the Ministry of Health, Dr Issa Al-Khalifa "Homeland" that "four suspected cases infected bird influenza transmitted diseases to the hospital yesterday, in the spirit of transparency, we find no difficulty in saying that doctors suspected virus disease".

He added: "Samples of four of these workers will be sent to a laboratory to give the world the immediate results and then announced as soon as it was received", noting that "four workers working with a company contracting with the agriculture, where poultry is not executed misgivings preventive".

For his part, the Director of Communicable Diseases Hospital, Dr. Jamal De'eij that "hospital health measures taken to isolate the four Asians Pending confirmation of test results", noting that "suffer from high temperatures and have the same symptoms are symptoms of avian influenza disease".

Meanwhile, lawyer Talal jilaal that "State obligation to compensate the injured", noting that "it is the responsibility of the Agriculture, as well as the responsibility is passed on to the company that has not met the compensation".

He called jilaal to "Adoption of special legislation for the control of epidemics, because current legislation incomplete".

On the other hand, the abundance yesterday witnessed the execution of tens of thousands of birds of a company.

Al Watan ["Homeland"] that the company discovered the sixth in the region injured birds have the disease, while the Agriculture executed birds found in the woods.

The fears of the possibility of transmission of the disease to the area after inflicting injuries found on the avian flu disease in the jockeys and cleared two pieces.

The owners of the bathroom (Almaterjeh) Tiorham transferred outside the region, fearing that force them to destroy the agriculture of the possibility of being infected with the disease.

[Article continues with health news not related to bf....]

http://www.alwatan.com.kw/Default.as...6276&pageId=26

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...01&postcount=1
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

Last edited by Theresa42; April 4th, 2007 at 12:36 AM.
  #7  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 10:12 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians [Bengalis] on bird flu fear

The 4 Bengalis have, apparently, been involved in culling poultry -- and initial tests (of what sort I don't know) show that they are positive (for influenza A maybe?). Further tests are being sent to Egypt....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Blessed fallibility: Anything can happen and samples to the reference laboratory in Egypt
Avian influenza: Suspicion of four casualties


04/04/2007 Written by blessing and Majed Nasser Abdullah weak and Dubai:

After 45 days, the emergence of the avian influenza disease in Kuwait, the Minister of Health, Dr. Immune feast on suspicion of the existence of four casualties of the disease are employment Bangla, used by the agriculture in the process of execution of poultry farms in abundance.

She blessed told 'Al-Qabas': anything can happen with regard to the possibility of the disease four injured workers.

But instructions WHO to send samples to the reference laboratory in Egypt, expected that the results of tests by Friday at the latest.

How the spread of the news of the suspect's lead?

After that carried out the execution of Agriculture poultry farms in abundance last Saturday, has been taking blood samples from death squads [i.e. they've been testing the cullers].

Yesterday morning, and found that the results of four samples out of 140 samples was positive.

And immediately was summoned owners of samples and at six in the evening yesterday arrived Albangalion four to the hospital, where infectious diseases were placed in the isolation ward to complete the procedures.

Nominated information that the four were not Bengalis among those working in the body, but hired by the Authority to carry out the executions of some cleaning companies, and this was denied by the President of the Jassim Al-Bader, stressing that the Bengalis have been used by agricultural companies contracting with the body.

In parallel, the Commission decided to close down all of Agriculture poultry farms in the country and Bayada Tiorha executed immediately.

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/News...ticleID=261701

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...02&postcount=2
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

Last edited by Theresa42; April 4th, 2007 at 12:39 AM.
  #8  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 10:27 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians [Bengalis] on bird flu fear

Another article from the bottom of the same page as the article in the previous post. Doesn't sound like a safe culling process at all!

The stuff about the "cleaning companies" is referring to the fact that some reports have it that the Bengali cullers are actually cleaners hired in temporarily as cullers, a fact which the Ministry of Agriculture denies -- MoA says they are agricultural workers.


Google-translated from Arabic:

How is the process of extermination of birds?
Here sticks .. You Baldjaj

April 4, 2007

Sources revealed up to the cause of the spread of avian influenza in Kuwait that the major flaw cope with the continuing process of executions carried out by the agriculture in the number of farms.

According to these sources, the process of execution are to be applied retroactively and underdeveloped in the literal sense of the meaning of these words, as they are collecting tens of workers of different nationalities are providing workers with sharp sticks before entering the 'field penalty' and after they crossed start in conflict with the chickens of all kinds.

Sources say that the workers among them boast about that chicken needed one strike on the head Down killed while parents may need more, as well as large birds such as peacocks and ducks, and others.

The sources wondered: Where safety and security measures in this brutal process? Why not take advantage of the experiences of developed countries in this regard by using certain pesticides to eliminate the birds and maintain the health of humans who carry out the genocide of the birds?

Ironically, the Agriculture, which is the official draw workers cleaning companies not eligible for the implementation of the death toll has been suspicion injured four of them.

The sources add: "We must ask those who mingled these workers, cleaners [if they are cleaners] and whether any of them worked in hospitals Kuwait?

Just a question dangerously large drawing responsible for our health!

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/News...ticleID=261701

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...06&postcount=3
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

Last edited by Theresa42; April 4th, 2007 at 12:41 AM.
  #9  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 10:56 PM
Sharpe's Avatar
Sharpe Sharpe is offline
Senior Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,042
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians [Bengalis] on bird flu fear

Quote:
Originally Posted by Theresa42 View Post
\Yesterday morning, and found that the results of four samples out of 140 samples was positive.
So they tested positive.
  #10  
Old April 3rd, 2007, 11:14 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians [Bengalis] on bird flu fear

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpe View Post
So they tested positive.
Yup. But it's not clear to me pos for what. Could it just be influenza A? Or is there likely something more to it when they're now sending tests on to Egypt?
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
  #11  
Old April 4th, 2007, 05:29 AM
sharon sanders's Avatar
sharon sanders sharon sanders is online now
Editor-in-Chief & President
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 16,778
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians [Bengalis] on bird flu fear

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Preliminary tests for bird flu on four Bangladeshi workers who had been culling chickens infected with the disease were "positive," a Kuwaiti medical source told AFP.

"The first test on the four men was positive," the source said, requesting anonymity. "We have taken blood samples for a second test to reconfirm the initial results. We expect the outcome within hours."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070404...waitbangladesh
__________________
"May the long time sun
Shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide your way on."

"Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, lies your calling."
Aristotle

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
Mohandas Gandhi

Be the light that is within.
  #12  
Old April 4th, 2007, 06:31 AM
HenryN HenryN is offline
Retired
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 20,294
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...t_Cullers.html
  #13  
Old April 4th, 2007, 11:46 AM
HenryN HenryN is offline
Retired
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 20,294
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

KUWAIT CITY - Preliminary tests for bird flu were positive on four Bangladeshi workers who had been culling infected chickens in Kuwait, a medical source said on Wednesday, but they have not been officially confirmed.
This would be the first cases of bird flu affecting humans in Arab nations of the Gulf.
"The first test on the four men was positive," the source told AFP, requesting anonymity. "We have taken blood samples for a second test to reconfirm the initial results. We expect the outcome within hours.
"If the outcome is reconfirmed as positive, we will have to send blood samples to the World Health Organisation (WHO) laboratory in Cairo for a final confirmation," the source said.
Health ministry spokesman Ahmad Al-Shatti told AFP an official statement would be made on Thursday, after tests results were reviewed, as to whether the four were indeed infected.
The ministry said specimens "have been sent to the World Health Organisation (WHO) reference laboratory in Egypt for confirmation.
"These measures are in line with recommendations by WHO for guidelines for the diagnosis and announcement of bird flu cases in humans," he said.
The four workers were admitted to Kuwait's infectious diseases hospital with flu-like symptoms on Tuesday. The men have been isolated in a special ward and were still at the hospital on Wednesday.
Since the outbreak of bird flu in Kuwait, 22 people have been admitted to hospital on suspicion of being infected, but later discharged after confirming they were healthy.
The Bangladeshis were part of official teams culling and burying hundreds of thousands of chickens in Wafra, south of Kuwait City on the Saudi border.
Kuwait has culled about 1.7 million birds, most of them egg-laying chickens in four commercial poultry farms, since confirming in February an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the virus that is dangerous to humans.
A total of 106 cases of the strain have so far been confirmed in birds.
In November 2005, the Gulf state announced the first case of a bird infected with the H5N1 strain -- a flamingo at a seaside villa.
The H5N1 strain, the most aggressive form, has killed 170 people worldwide, according to WHO, and seen millions of birds destroyed. H5N1 is an avian subtype with pandemic potential, since it might ultimately adapt into a strain that is contagious among humans.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=169716
  #14  
Old April 4th, 2007, 03:38 PM
HenryN HenryN is offline
Retired
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 20,294
Default Re: Kuwait hospitalises 4 Asians [Bengalis] on bird flu fear

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpe View Post
So they tested positive.
Since the samples were sent to NAMRU-3, I think they tested positive twice.
  #15  
Old April 4th, 2007, 06:09 PM
Laidback Al Laidback Al is offline
Editor, Senior Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,015
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

It is not clear whether these results were from routine testing of the cullers i.e. "4 of 140 samples" (an attack rate of 2.8%) or if these individuals are actually symptomatic and exhibited fever and other bird flu symptoms (post #6), "suffer from high temperatures and have the same symptoms are symptoms of avian influenza disease".
  #16  
Old April 4th, 2007, 06:13 PM
HenryN HenryN is offline
Retired
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 20,294
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

Quote:
Originally Posted by Laidback Al View Post
It is not clear whether these results were from routine testing of the cullers i.e. "4 of 140 samples" (an attack rate of 2.8%) or if these individuals are actually symptomatic and exhibited fever and other bird flu symptoms (post #6), "suffer from high temperatures and have the same symptoms are symptoms of avian influenza disease".
The sending of samples to NAMRU-3 is clear.
  #17  
Old April 4th, 2007, 06:24 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

Quote:
Originally Posted by Laidback Al View Post
It is not clear whether these results were from routine testing of the cullers i.e. "4 of 140 samples" (an attack rate of 2.8%) or if these individuals are actually symptomatic and exhibited fever and other bird flu symptoms (post #6), "suffer from high temperatures and have the same symptoms are symptoms of avian influenza disease".
Yes -- there are conflicting reports in the Kuwaiti press, so I'm not sure which it is. I'm leaning toward believing that they are, in fact, showing symptoms because that quote about the high temps & symptoms came from the director of the hospital they were taken to. You think he'd know whether or not they had symptoms.

Mind you, looks like they were able to walk into the hospital, so their conditions couldn't have been all that critical yesterday (follow link for pic):

http://www.alwatan.com.kw/Default.as...6276&pageId=26
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
  #18  
Old April 4th, 2007, 07:05 PM
HenryN HenryN is offline
Retired
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 20,294
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

Quote:
Originally Posted by Theresa42 View Post
Yes -- there are conflicting reports in the Kuwaiti press, so I'm not sure which it is. I'm leaning toward believing that they are, in fact, showing symptoms because that quote about the high temps & symptoms came from the director of the hospital they were taken to. You think he'd know whether or not they had symptoms.

Mind you, looks like they were able to walk into the hospital, so their conditions couldn't have been all that critical yesterday (follow link for pic):

http://www.alwatan.com.kw/Default.as...6276&pageId=26
The patients in Aswan have COLD symptoms (high fever but no pnuemonia). I suspect the H5N1 in Kuwait also produces mild symptoms and these four were identified through routine screening of cullers and once identified were found to have fevers.

Since the samples were sent to NAMRU-3, they tested positive twice. I will be surprised if these are not confirmed.

Last edited by Sally Furniss; April 4th, 2007 at 07:18 PM. Reason: typo
  #19  
Old April 4th, 2007, 07:31 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

Quote:
Originally Posted by Theresa42 View Post
Yes -- there are conflicting reports in the Kuwaiti press, so I'm not sure which it is. I'm leaning toward believing that they are, in fact, showing symptoms because that quote about the high temps & symptoms came from the director of the hospital they were taken to. You think he'd know whether or not they had symptoms.
Now I just saw a comment from the same guy saying the 4 are not showing symptoms, so who knows what the heck is going on...

Google-translated from Arabic (from bottom article):

The atmosphere seemed diseases hospital yesterday calm and normal despite the presence of four suspected cases of avian influenza infected. 'Al-Qabas' walked into the hospital diseases and talked to the director of the hospital, Dr. Jamal De'eij who said that the four injured, who brought the isolation ward at the hospital did not exhibit any symptoms of the disease and that the situation remained stable.

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/News...ticleID=262006
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

Last edited by Theresa42; April 4th, 2007 at 08:20 PM.
  #20  
Old April 4th, 2007, 07:37 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

I think I'll wait for the NAMRU results....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Laboratory result Egyptian resolved, announced today
A second examination of the suspects: not infected!


05/04/2007
Wrote Magid blessing:

Everyone is waiting for the announcement of the results of sampling Bengali four workers suspected of being infected with avian influenza disease of the international laboratory approved by the World Health Organization in Cairo, at the eleventh before noon today, informed sources [?] healthy 'Al-Qabas' that the workers were subjected to a fresh examination results yesterday were negative, any void workers disease!

The sources said that these negative results reinforce what previously reported information on the errors of the transfer of blood samples taken last Saturday from the 140 workers within four other sample.

But the Minister of Health, Dr. She blessed immune to such information, 'I do not know .. What is the interest of suspicion for damage or contamination of blood samples! Let us not hold things too thin'.

She said Mubarak told 'Al-Qabas': 'We are awaiting the arrival of the outcome of the examination sample four workers from Egypt, and not in the interest of anybody to hide the results, we will make Thursday evening or Friday morning was negative or positive.'

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/News...ticleID=262006 [first article on page]
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
  #21  
Old April 4th, 2007, 08:03 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

Oops! The 4 Bengalis are apparently in the country illegally. (The news coming out of Kuwait right now is so confused, btw....)

Google-translated from Arabic:

Avian influenza has infected planning to escape from the hospital for violating residence
D. Jamal De'eij told the nation: 2000 tablets Tamflo pharmacy force ... And Albangalion subject to intensive care

April 5, 2007

Taha Secretary wrote:

The diseases hospital director Dr. Jamal De'eij exclusively told "Homeland" that the hospital waiting for the results of a laboratory test of the Department final four hospitalized the day before yesterday because of suspected H5N1 infected birds.

Said Jamal De'eij Initial estimates of the results of the examination of the second sample, which was sent to the Ministry of Health Central Laboratory may be negative but the World Health Organization does not recognize only the results of laboratory global arbitrator in such cases, pointing out that the Health Ministry's Central Laboratory, which is chaired by Dr. Arrows Mufti had sent four blood samples to the laboratory to the Department World Arab Republic of Egypt of the American Marines [NAMRU] in anticipation of the outcome.

22 cases of suspicion

And Shakour Jamal De'eij that other blood samples sent earlier in the injury of four Bengalis and we have not received their results so far, denied that Kuwait had been informed by the global laboratory in Egypt wounded the other, pointing out that the number of suspected cases of avian influenza injuries had reached 22 cases so now [so far] Almkhalten.

He said that the hospital's pharmacy until yesterday 2000 Tamflo bead [capsules] is the only antibiotic [anti-viral] in the world, which was supposed to be a healer of the virus but the health authorities and pharmaceutical companies fear centered to the transmission of H5N1 from one person to another job, new prescriptions and thus may not be huge Altamflo in this case is antibiotic effective.

Dr. Jamal De'eij that Bengali four supervised by Dr. Khaled Taha and receive Altamflo drug as a preventive measure, expressing his belief that, despite the absence of symptoms of avian flu they should not be addicted to [taken off of] the drug, since Altamflo Kamkhalten poultry and destroy operations in agriculture may cancel the symptoms but the disease or the virus endemic in the blood.

Mini-care unit

Explained that there are three doctors Dr. Hatem Shahin consultant intensive care, Dr. Abd Al-Rahim Qattan consultant anesthetics and Dr. Mohamed Bhazad consultant chest diseases had yesterday morning to supervise the safety and unity of the attention focused (mini) containing four beds, which would be to isolate suspected cases infected avian influenza.

He expressed worry De'eij flight Bengali four for violation of residence laws, and stressed that although he reassured them that their only treatment, except that they have an uneasy feeling!!

Conflicts

On the other hand monitored "Homeland" a contradiction in the information at the central laboratories and the Department of Health on preventive assertion injured Bengali four H5N1 avian flu.

The informed source told "Homeland" that the first sample taken from the four Bengalis had spoiled during transport to the central health laboratories for unknown reasons, which would make doctors take a second sample of patients in Bengali fully eight and a half of the evening the day before yesterday, which order to give the results the preliminary estimate which are usually announced after 10 hours of the start of subjecting a sample of blood for the virus in the laboratory reagents health.

http://www.alwatan.com.kw/Default.as...6690&pageId=35
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
  #22  
Old April 5th, 2007, 10:05 AM
Dutchy's Avatar
Dutchy Dutchy is online now
Editor, Senior Moderator
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 10,613
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

Kuwait says four Bangladeshis clear of bird flu

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Four Bangladeshi workers who had initially tested Positive for bird flu in Kuwait have been cleared of the disease after further tests, the Kuwaiti health minister said on Thursday.

"We are happy to declare that the results of the tests ... in the referenced laboratory in Egypt have been negative," minister of health Maasouma al-Mubarak told reporters after the latest tests by the World Health Organisation.

On Wednesday, the four workers who had been culling infected chickens in Kuwait were tested positive in preliminary tests, but the ministry of health sent specimens to the WHO reference laboratory in Egypt for confirmation.

They would have been the first cases of bird flu affecting humans in Arab nations of the Gulf, had the cases been confirmed.

The four workers were admitted to Kuwait's infectious diseases hospital with flu-like symptoms on Tuesday. The men have been isolated in a special ward and were still at the hospital on Wednesday.

Since the outbreak of bird flu in Kuwait, 22 people have been admitted to hospital on suspicion of being infected, but later discharged after confirming they were healthy.

The Bangladeshis were part of government teams culling and burying hundreds of thousands of chickens in Wafra, south of Kuwait City on the Saudi border.

Kuwait has culled about 1.7 million birds, most of them egg-laying chickens in four commercial poultry farms, since confirming in February an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus that is dangerous to humans.

A total of 106 cases of the strain have so far been confirmed in birds.

In November 2005, the Gulf state announced the first case of a bird infected with the H5N1 strain -- a flamingo at a seaside villa.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070405...VGGzoA9BSTvyIi
  #23  
Old April 5th, 2007, 10:06 AM
HenryN HenryN is offline
Retired
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 20,294
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 prelim test positive

05/04/07 13h56 GMT+1
AFP News brief

Kuwait says four Bangladeshis clear of bird flu

  • Four Bangladeshi workers who had initially tested positive for bird flu in Kuwait have been cleared of the disease after further tests, the Kuwaiti health minister said on Thursday.
"We are happy to declare that the results of the tests ... in the referenced laboratory in Egypt have been negative," minister of health Maasouma al-Mubarak told reporters after the latest tests by the World Health Organisation.
On Wednesday, the four workers who had been culling infected chickens in Kuwait were tested positive in preliminary tests, but the ministry of health sent specimens to the WHO reference laboratory in Egypt for confirmation.
They would have been the first cases of bird flu affecting humans in Arab nations of the Gulf, had the cases been confirmed.
The four workers were admitted to Kuwait's infectious diseases hospital with flu-like symptoms on Tuesday. The men have been isolated in a special ward and were still at the hospital on Wednesday.
Since the outbreak of bird flu in Kuwait, 22 people have been admitted to hospital on suspicion of being infected, but later discharged after confirming they were healthy.
The Bangladeshis were part of government teams culling and burying hundreds of thousands of chickens in Wafra, south of Kuwait City on the Saudi border.
Kuwait has culled about 1.7 million birds, most of them egg-laying chickens in four commercial poultry farms, since confirming in February an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus that is dangerous to humans.
A total of 106 cases of the strain have so far been confirmed in birds.
In November 2005, the Gulf state announced the first case of a bird infected with the H5N1 strain -- a flamingo at a seaside villa.
The H5N1 strain, the most aggressive form, has killed 170 people worldwide, according to WHO, and seen millions of birds destroyed.
H5N1 is an avian influenza subtype with pandemic potential, since it might ultimately adapt into a strain that is contagious among humans.







© 2007 AFP - Yasser al-Zayyat

Two Bangladeshi workers are treated in a hospital in Kuwait City on 04 April 2007. Four Bangladeshi workers who had initially tested positive for bird flu in Kuwait have been cleared of the disease after further tests.

© 2007 AFP - Yasser al-Zayyat

http://www.france24.com/france24Publ...31shq&cat=null




  #24  
Old April 6th, 2007, 03:41 PM
Theresa42's Avatar
Theresa42 Theresa42 is offline
Administrator, Editor
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,204
Default Re: Kuwait - 4 individuals have tested negative

See also this thread for more on the Bengali sus cases:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20639
__________________
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
Closed Thread


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Disclaimer:

The reader is responsible for discerning the validity, factuality or implications of information posted here, be it fictional or based on real events. Moderators on this forum make every effort to review the material posted on this site however, it is not realistically possible for our staff to manually review each post.

The content of posts on this site, including but not limited to links to other web sites, are the expressed opinion of the original authors or posters and are not endorsed by, or representative of the opinions of, the owners or administration of this website. The posts on this website are the opinion of the specific author or poster and should not be construed as statements of advice or factual information.

Not all posts on this website are intended as truthful or factual assertion by their authors. NO posts on this website should be considered factual information on face value alone. Users are encouraged to USE DISCERNMENT and do their own follow up research while reading and posting on this website. FluTrackers.com Inc. reserves the right to make changes to, corrections and/or remove entirely at any time posts made on this website without notice. In addition, FluTrackers.com Inc. disclaims any and all liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly as a result of a post on this website.

This site is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. You should not assume that this site is error-free or that it will be suitable for the particular purpose which you have in mind when using it. In no event shall FluTrackers.com Inc. be liable for any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this site or other documents which are referenced by or linked to this site.

Finally, FluTrackers.com Inc. reserves the right to delete, correct, or make changes to any post on this website without notice at any time for any reason.

Fair Use Notice:
This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Users may make such material available in an effort to advance awareness and understanding of issues relating to public health, civil rights, economics, individual rights, international affairs, liberty, science & technology, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C.Section 107, the material on this site is distributed to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

In accordance with industry accepted best practices we ask that users limit their copy / paste of copyrighted material to the relevant portions of the article you wish to discuss and no more than 50% of the source material, provide a link back to the original article and provide your original comments / criticism in your post with the article. Please remember you are responsible for what you post on the internet and you could be sued by the original copyright holder if you do not honor these rules.

If you are a legal copyright holder or a designated agent for such and you believe a post on this website falls outside the boundaries of "Fair Use" and legitimately infringes on yours or your clients copyright

we may be contacted concerning copyright matters at:

FluTrackers.com Inc.
c/o Sharon Sanders
1676 Hibiscus Avenue
Winter Park, Florida 32789
Phone: 407-406-3037
E-Mail: flutrackers@earthlink.net

In accordance with section 512 of the U.S. Copyright Act our contact information has been registered with the United States Copyright Office. "Safe Harbor" noticing procedures as outlined in the DMCA apply to this website concerning all 3rd party posts published herein.

If notice is given of an alleged copyright violation we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material(s) in question.

All 3rd party material posted on this website is the copyright of the respective owners / authors. FluTrackers.com Inc. makes no claim of copyright on such material.

For more information please visit: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

Please be aware any communications sent complaining about a post on this website may be posted publicly at the discretion of the administration.

FluTrackers Does Not Provide Any Medical Advice:

FluTrackers, Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster.

The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website.

By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.

By using and/or accessing this site, either passively or actively, you are agreeing to all of the above conditions. Also, by using and/or accessing this site, either passively or actively, you agree to conduct all business and legal affairs related to this website in the jurisdiction of Flutrackers.com Inc. which is registered in Central Florida, USA.

These Disclaimers are subject to change at anytime.

Email the Webmaster with questions or comments about this site at flutrackers@earthlink.net


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:55 PM.