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Monday, February 20, 2017

H7N9 China Update


Xinhua News Agency reports on February 20, 2017, that more than 269 H7N9 human infections have been found since January and at least 87 humans died because of H7N9. Most cases were found in southeastern China, especially in Yangtze and Pearl River Delta.

Due to the severity of the flu, the National Health and Family Planning Commission ordered a ban on the live poultry trade in south China. Guangzhou, Xiamen, Suzhou and several cities in Hubei, Sichuan and Zhejiang have already suspended live poultry trading. Daxin Ni, the deputy director of the Emergency Response Center at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, claimed that the bans had reduced the number of new infections in critical areas. He suggested replacing live poultry with frozen birds to mitigate the infection possibilities.

The Commission has been training workers in screening, diagnosis, and treatment of badly ill infected persons. On February 16th, the Beijing Food and Drug Administration announced that four vaccines have received the green light for clinical tests, bringing hope for better prevention and control in the future.


新华社报道自20171月以来,H7N9流感病毒已经造成至少269例感染,87例死亡。大多感染案例发现于长江与珠江三角洲区域。

基于此次流感病毒爆发的严重性,国家卫生和计划生育委员会已经暂停了中国南方的大部分的活禽交易市场。广州、厦门、苏州以及河北、四川、浙江的部分城市已经暂停了禽类交易。中国疾病预防控制中心应急中心副主任倪大新指出禁止活禽交易以来,H7N9禽流感的感染案例显著下降。他建议市民朋友购买集中屠宰的光鲜禽、冰鲜禽以降低感染H7N9禽流感的风险。

疾控中心同时也在积极培训相关禽流感鉴别、预防、治疗人员。北京药监局216日宣布已经发现了四种可能预防H7N9的流感疫苗并以投入检测,该疫苗为更好的预防和控制此次禽流感提供了希望。

 

 

Friday, February 17, 2017

China Orders Closure of Live Poultry Markets Due to H7N9

GFSF applauds China's rapid intervention to close live poultry markets which are now beset with the H7N9 strain of avian flu.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

The USDA Economists Group Features GFSF


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THE USDA ECONOMISTS GROUP

WASHINGTON, DC


VOL. 23, NO. 1 JANUARY 2017

 

MEMBER NEWS

In January, the Global Food Safety Forum, the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam and Vietnamese organizations signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in food safety. In April, Rick Gilmore, founder and CEO of Global Food Safety Forum, will visit Vietnam on an exploratory mission to gauge the needs of relevant parties in business and government. Read more at http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/350006/vn-usa-team-up-for-food-safety.html#VdPYZvhQkxBc8JZq.99

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