Jordan: First human case of H5N1 bird flu in Jordan

[Susie]

http://freeserve.advfn.com/news_Firs..._14852735.html

First human case of H5N1 bird flu in Jordan

AMMAN (AFX) - An Egyptian worker has been detected in Jordan as suffering
from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, the first reported human case of the
virus in the country, a health ministry source said Friday.
"The first human case of bird flu has been detected in an Egyptian worker
who arrived in Jordan on the 27th (of March). He is hospitalised and more
than likely caught the virus in Egypt," the source said.
The report came a week after Jordan announced it found its first case of
H5N1 in three dead turkeys on a farm in the north of the country.

[HenryN]

Re: First human case of H5N1 bird flu in Jordan

Darwazeh Announces First Human Bird flu case in Jordan

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Darwazeh Announces First Human Bird flu case in Jordan
Amman, March 31(Petra)-- Health Minister Saeed Darwazeh announced on Friday the first human bird flu case in the Kingdom.

The Minister said in a press conference that the infected is an Egyptian citizen coming to the Kingdom from Fayoum, Egypt and that he was suffering from the disease before arrival to Jordan two days ago.

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[DB]

Re: First human case of H5N1 bird flu in Jordan

Is this the first recorded case of H5N1 being imported from another country?

[HenryN]

Re: First human case of H5N1 bird flu in Jordan

Is this the first recorded case of H5N1 being imported from another country?

It depends on the definition. The first confirmed case in Cambodia was treated and died in Vietnam, but she went to Vietnam for treatment. This case in Egypt may be one step beyond that if the Egyptian went to Jordan for reasons that were not medically related. However, the big red flag is when a tourist returns and is infected after being in the visiting country for a short time period.

[DB]

Re: First human case of H5N1 bird flu in Jordan

How do they know if he was infected by poultry.

If this is the case then wouldn't the other members of his family also be sick or at least wouldn't they be checked for symptoms?

What about the other people on the ship?

[HenryN]

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AMMAN, March 31 (Reuters) - Jordan reported its first human case of bird flu on Friday in an Egyptian labourer who was believed to have become infected while on a holiday in his home town in Egypt, health officials said.
Health Minister Said Darwazeh said the man, a 31-year old labourer, who had lived in Jordan for three years, had been taken to hospital on Thursday after suffering severe breathing problems three days after arriving from his home town in Fayoum where people had been in close contact with infected poultry.
"His condition is good and (he is) getting treatment and we are coordinating with the Egyptian authorities," Darwazeh told Reuters, adding that preliminary tests showed there were no other cases.
Jordan became the latest country in the Middle East to confirm cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu this week but had said no humans had been infected and the outbreak was under control.
Egypt has reported bird flu infections in five people in recent weeks, two of whom died.

[sharon sanders]

Re: Jordan: First human case of H5N1 bird flu in Jordan

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...D34E70281E.htm

Jordan finds first human bird flu case
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Friday 31 March 2006 7:28 PM GMT

Jordan has reported its first human case of bird flu in an Egyptian labourer believed to have been infected while on holiday in his home town in Egypt, health officials said.

Said Darwazeh, the health minister, said the 31 year old had been taken to hospital on Thursday after suffering severe breathing problems, three days after he returned from the Fayoum region in Egypt where people had been in contact with infected poultry.

"He tested positive for H5N1 virus on Friday but his condition is good and (he is) getting treatment and we are coordinating with the Egyptian authorities," Darwazeh said.

He said tests showed there were no other cases, although Adel Belbissi, a senior ministry official, said six people who shared an apartment with the man had also been admitted to hospital for observation.

The man had lived in Jordan for three years. "He was infected in his (home) country. He and his family in the village of al-Jaafra in Fayoum had slaughtered many chickens after a lot of sick poultry and birds died," Darwazeh added.

Jordan's neighbours Iraq and Egypt have reported infected poultry and human deaths from bird flu.

High alert

Darwazeh said the country was braced for new outbreaks. "We are prepared for the possibility of new outbreaks especially since we are close to infected areas," he said, adding that samples had been sent to the World Health Organisation.

Authorities said they were giving out anti-viral drugs in the southern city of Karak where the labourer worked. Those who had come into contact with him and travellers who arrived with him at the port of Aqaba were also being tested for the virus.

Egypt has reported bird flu infections in five people in recent weeks, two of whom died.

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians live and work in Jordan and travel with few restrictions. Officials said they would try to screen the thousands of workers who arrive from Egypt daily.

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So we have a BOATLOAD of contacts who went where??? when they arrived in Jordon.

[Theresa42]

Second suspected bf case in Jordan

Machine translated from Arabic:

The first human injury by the bird flu of an Egyptian comer and the suspicion by another to a citizen in Al Karak
April 1, 2006

Amman - Al Karak - the constitution - Ghada Abu Youssef and my mother

Minister of health engineer Said Darwazeh declared yesterday about the certainty of the first human injury by the bird flu to an Egyptian comer that to Jordan and with him the virus came, and it was discovered through the health cadres in a hospital the governmental Al Karak. And the engineer Drouza in a press conference that he held with the attendance of minister of agriculture Akef Al Zoabi yesterday afternoon in the Ministry of Health showed that the information that were available point to that the Egyptian comer and he is called Abdul Fattah Asaad Mabrouk and his age (31 years) were exposed to the close dealing with dead birds in Al Fayyum in Al Gafra village in Arab Republic of Egypt and carried the disease virus and that before his attendance to Jordan where that he and the individuals of his family they carried out the slaughter of the birds there .. In addition to information that benefit the occurrence of a death to the birds in its town, according to what reported by it the patient.

And the engineer Drouza pointed that the patient now is submitted to the treatment in the hospital and his giving of the necessary treatments takes place besides he sending a team took place the treatment and the epidemic investigation to Al Karak and the start with its giving a treatment "Al Tami Flou" the anti-virus and now the epidemic seeking takes place to the mixing to it in the house and of the ones who came with it on the same ship.

And the governmental hospital manager of Al Karak said doctor Sultan Al Traona the entrance of another state suspect of its injury with the bird flu disease to the hospital took place where the citizen (H.Q.) inserted 30 years from a region the palace to the Emergency Department in the hospital and taking samples took place from the state where between the laboratory examination that it suffers from an ordinary fever while sending another sample to the central laboratory took place in Amman for the assurance of the injury.

And the declaration of the result of the laboratory examination expects today Saturday at in the morning.

And information reported that the patient the suspect with his injury the symptoms appeared on him after his doing of the slaughter of Abyssinians birds.

http://www.addustour.com/News/ViewMainNews.asp?NID=155125&SID=1

[Theresa42]

Poultry deaths (from &quot;respiratory inflammations&quot;!) in Al Karak back in Feb

Machine translation from Arabic:

The agriculture : respiratory inflammations are the poultry death reason in Al Karak
Feb 20, 2006

Amman - the constitution - Ghada Abu Youssef and Hossam Atiya: the Ministry of Agriculture denied recording any injury by the bird flu disease in any poultry farm in the kingdom and that under the mention of information to the ministry around the death of a number of the poultry in Al Karak governorate before about two days.

And the ministry warned the citizens and specially the comers of neighboring countries from the entrance of any alive birds or its products to the kingdom and that as measures a precautionary for the confrontation of the bird flu disease and under the declaration of an appearance injuries by the disease between the poultry in Egypt.

And the assistant secretary-general of the animal wealth benefitted in the Ministry of Agriculture doctor Faisal Al Ouaoda in a statement to "the constitution" yesterday that the results of the examinations of the dead poultry in Al Karak came and free from the injury by a disease the bird flu and not by it a realization from the killing kind and pointed that the death reason returns to its realization with inflammations respiratory and sharp in the respiratory system. And Al Ouaoda reassured the citizens that the kingdom was still until now free from the disease. And minister of health engineer Said Darwazeh the upper instructive committee president declared for the confrontation of the bird flu disease about a defining in the beginning of next March of the execution of an imaginary exercise it participates in it all concerned sectors for the assurance of an extent its readiness for the dealing with the disease and the way of the resistance of it practically is a state the appearance of any injury in the countries in the real world.

http://www.addustour.com/News/ViewMainNews.asp?NID=149107&SID=1

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2118&postcount=2

[Theresa42]

More on the Egyptian guy

Machine translated from Arabic:

He was exposed to the dealing with dead poultry in Al Fayyum: the certainty of the first human injury by the bird flu to an Egyptian comer came to Jordan
April 1, 2006

The discovery of the state from the health cadres in the governmental hospital of Al Karak

Amman - Al Karak - the constitution - Ghada Abu Youssef and Maeta secretary

Minister of health engineer Said Darwazeh declared yesterday about the certainty of the first human injury by the bird flu to an Egyptian comer that came to Jordan and with him the virus and it was discovered through the health cadres in the governmental hospital of Al Karak.

And the engineer Drouza in a press conference that he held with the attendance of minister of agriculture Akef Al Zoabi yesterday afternoon in the Ministry of Health showed that the information that she was available that points to that the Egyptian comer and he is called Abdul Fattah Asaad Mabrouk and his age (31 years) were exposed to the close dealing with dead birds in Al Fayyum in Al Gafra village in Arab Republic of Egypt and it carried the disease virus and that before its attendance to Jordan where that it and the individuals of its family carried out the slaughter of the birds there in addition to information that report with the occurrence of a death to the birds in its town according to what reported by it the patient.

And the minister added that the patient left his town in Al Fayum Governate last Saturday a coinciding 25/3 and came to Jordan by Noweiba where he came Monday at night 27/28 of the last March. And the disease symptoms started at it during its travel on the ship (a heat and a headache) and increased at it the symptoms after its arrival of Al Karak City where he reconsidered the Emergency Department in the governmental hospital of Al Karak at night a day the day before yesterday Thursday till now its feeling of a boredom [difficulty?] in the respiration and a rise in the heat and the mother is with the shaving [?] and the influenza symptoms in general the one that on its effect its entrance to the hospital and my wage took place for it the fast examination of the bird flu and the result was negative, then holding a last examination took place for the assurance of its carrying of the virus that calls "the interaction of series Al Blmra" and the examination result was positive and for more confirmation that holding another examination took place and the result appeared a positive at fourth and ten minutes from yesterday Friday.

And the minister said that sending a sample took place from the examination to the reference laboratory in the World Health Organization for the assurance of the injury and the notification of the health authorities in its countries for the follow-up of the situation from their side concerning the region of its residence in Al Fayyum and the mixing ones there.

And the engineer Drouza pointed that the patient now is submitted to the treatment in the hospital and his giving the necessary treatments besides he sending the treatment team took place and the epidemic investigation to Al Karak and the start with its giving a treatment "Al Tami Flou" the anti-virus and now the epidemic seeking takes place to the mixing to it in the house [presumably the apartment he shares with 6 other people - see LowRecoil's post] and of the ones who came with it on the same ship.

And the minister of health reassured the citizens that the disease do not move from a human to a human of what he does not call for the worry and that the bird flu disease is veterinary and moves who the birds to the human and from the birds to the birds and he is not from the infectious diseases confirming that he no seriousness from the discovery of the injury in Jordan. Clarifying by that the isolation of the injured and taking precautionary measures are according to the World Health Organization instructions to be ready to a small probability in that the disease virus develops with his move from a human to another according to the fears of World Health Organization and world in this regard.

And in the course of its response on a question that confirmed that the situation does not require the comers examination measures through the border crossings. And Drouza confirmed that he did not discover any an injury between the Jordanians as any focus did not appear by the disease other than that preceded and it declared it and it was in as foreigners.

Al Zoabi

From his side the minister of agriculture confirmed that the region in which the first injury was discovered by the bird flu disease in Agloun is free from the virus and the matters a reassured and the readiness continuous in the surveillance of the regions and the epidemic observation between the poultry and the birds. :re:

Al Traona

And the governmental hospital manager of Al Karak said doctor Sultan Al Traona the Egyptian citizen has entered Jordan last Tuesday a coming who Al Fayyum region in Egypt and he works in Jordan at the constructions sector and has felt the disease symptoms the evening of the day before yesterday Thursday where he was suffering from a redness in the eyes and a difficulty in the swallowing and the respiration and a rise in the temperature and a sharp cough and after its review of the hospital emergencies and holding the examinations the necessary to it from the substitute doctors taking a sample took place for it and its sending to the central laboratories in Amman where it became clear that they are positive which shows that it an injured by a virus H5N1.

Al Belbeisi

From his side the medical group leader who came from Amman said for the knowledge of the state doctor Adel Al Belbeisi manager of the diseases supervision in a ministry the health is that the state proved in the central laboratories and sending a sample took place from it to the World Health Organization laboratories and offering the treatment necessary to it will take place and taking precautionary preventive measures for the prevention of the disease spread.

Ayoub

Doctor Monib Ayoub the president of the therapeutic committee of the bird flu, said that the discovery of the state took place in an early way before its development and the patient state a stable where it receives the necessary treatment and under the observer of the responsible doctors in the hospital.

http://www.addustour.com/News/ViewSectionNews.asp?NID=155199&SID=1

[Theresa42]

More on the Egyptian guy in Jordan / 2nd suspected bf case in Jordan tests neg

Machine translated from Arabic:

The entrustment of the policemen is the authorities of the assurance from the safety of the houses poultry * no stable new injuries by the bird flu in Al Karak and the depths [another place: الاغوار ] and the state of the injured comer

Amman - the governorates - the constitution

The Ministry of Health Secretary-General of the artistic affairs doctor Ali Asaad confirmed that there is no any new case suspect of its injury with the bird flu disease have a lodging Jordanian citizen in Al Karak hospital clarifying that the patient who enters the day before yesterday the hospital was held for him the medical and laboratory examinations and the result was negative and the confirmation of its freedom from the disease. And he confirmed that it is not found what worries over the presence of a coming human state loads the bird flu being the disease he does not move from a human to another. (Read p. 8)

And he said it no a suppliant to that an examination of any comer of the kingdom of the assurance of the bird flu disease is held based that he is not from the infectious diseases between the human being, as the disease do not move from the human to the birds but an on the contrary it moves from the birds to the human.

And from its side confirmed the governmental hospital manager of Al Karak doctor Sultan Al Traona that a state the Egyptian patient who its injury with a disease was proved the bird flu is stable and receives the necessary treatment and for it any complications did not happen until now where it receives the treatment in the isolation room and by doctors the governmental Mschfalkrk and completes its health state observer on the hour orbit through laboratory examinations for the assurance of the development of its health state. And the field medical examinations that a team belonging to the department of the agriculture of Fqoua district held in Al Karak governorate revealed to one of the poultry farm Al-Lahm in a region pure after the death of big numbers about 600 birds of the herd its freedom of the bird flu disease and the confirmation of its injury are estimated at Al Niokasl disease [Newcastle Disease] that injures the poultry.

And the engineer Hani Al Ngdawi the assistant of the deputy of Amman secretariat of the regions affairs confirmed the emergencies chamber president in the honesty for fighting the bird flu epidemic that he by the decision of the Minister of Justice the entrustment of the authorities of the accompanying public security men took place to the secretariat groups from the entrance to the houses that was brought up in them poultry and birds for the assurance of their safety. And he pointed that the slaughterhouses headquarters in the honesty stressed recently on the necessity of showing the certificates of diseases emptiness who any birds or poultry are slaughtered inside the secretariat slaughterhouse, the matter that confirms is that all of the poultry that are slaughtered inside the secretariat slaughterhouse are safe and free from any diseases. And the infectious diseases supervision manager spreading in the Ministry of Health denied doctor Adel Al Belbeisi the stability of any bird flu state human in the depths in general including the state that was inserted yesterday to the governmental southern granary hospital [3rd bf suspect?]. [The "southern granary" is, I believe, South Shouneh or Shuna which is 12 km north of the Dead Sea.*]

And he said that the doctors carried out holding the fast laboratory examinations that proved its freedom of the disease. And Al Belbeisi confirmed the non presence of any suspicion state by the disease in the hospital of the southern granary [South Shouneh].

http://www.addustour.com/News/ViewMainNews.asp?NID=155297&SID=10

*South Shouneh: http://www.cwru.edu/affil/nimrin/tou...ical%20setting

[Theresa42]

Aviary influenza in Jordan: the cured Egyptian leaves the hospital

bablefished from French:

Aviary influenza in Jordan: the cured Egyptian leaves the hospital
April 10, 2006

The Egyptian national reached of virus H5N1 of the aviary influenza, left Monday the governmental hospital of Karak, in the south of Jordan, indicated the director of the hospital.

"The patient finished his treatment, it is cured and it has just left the hospital", indicated to AFP Dr. Soultan Tarawneh.

The man, Abdel Fattah Ahmad Messaad, was the only known human case of aviary influenza in Jordan.

It had arrived on March 28 at the port of Aqaba, to Jordan, coming from the governorship of Fayoum, the south of Cairo, already reached virus H5N1, had affirmed the Jordanian Minister for Health, Darwazeh.

The Egyptian public agency Mena had, on its side, marked that the man had taken part in Egypt "in the demolition of the poultries, in a farm touched by the aviary influenza, before turning over to Jordan".

31 years old, the patient has worked for four years in the sector of construction in Jordan.

After complainhaving complained about fever and headaches, it had been allowed on March 31 at the hospital of Karak where it was tested positive with the H5N1.

Jordan announced on March 24 to have identified the virus on three turkeys died in a farm in the north of the country.

Since, the kingdom hach?mite carried out the demolition of tens of thousands of poultries around the farm and in vaccinated hundreds of others.

http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-info/depeches/detail.php?depeche_id=060410130916.mv08uetk