dothedd
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 27, 2010 20:43:28 GMT -5
Posts: 2,683
|
Post by dothedd on Jan 10, 2013 16:19:37 GMT -5
New bird flu strain may be bioterrorism, says BIN
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Thu, January 10 2013, 7:00 PM
Indonesia’s top intelligence agency has scrutinized the spread of a new strain of the avian flu virus that has killed thousands of ducks over the past few months, saying the disease could be a form of biological weapon used by foreign countries.
“My agency has been following this phenomenon since the beginning. We have to stay alert as the global development of biological weapons has been very fast. In the future, this kind of biological attack will be used in wars,” National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Lt. Gen. Marciano Norman said at the State Palace on Thursday.
However, an intelligence investigation had yet to find any proof that the current bird flu outbreak in some places across Indonesia was a form of biological attack or a test of biological weapons by foreign countries, he added.
“We are closely monitoring developments. We cannot jump to conclusions without strong proof,” he added. “We are asking relevant bodies with relevant competence to dig deeper into the new virus while we will back them up.”
Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto echoed Marciano’s statement. “Since the allegation came to us, we have formed a team to delve into it. The team comprises of BIN and the Health Ministry, among others,” he said.
Djoko agreed that it was possible that the virus might have been "engineered" for certain interests. “The allegations represent good input for us to stay vigilant to the possibility,” he said.
The government has asked regions across the country to begin taking measures to anticipate the new bird flu virus, identified as H5N1 clade 2.3.2.
In Bantul, Yogyakarta, the new virus strain has killed more than 1,000 ducks. The same strain also reportedly killed hundreds of ducks in Central Java and in East Java.
The Central Java provincial administration has recorded nearly 200,000 cases of duck deaths in 28 regencies and cities since September 2012.
Over 6,000 ducks were reported to have been infected with the virus in the regencies of South, Central and East Lampung.
In Payakumbuh, West Sumatra, known as the province’s main production center of poultry products, the virus killed nearly 2,000 ducks in December 2012, while in Sidenreng Rappang, South Sulawesi, some 25,500 birds have reportedly died since December 2012.
|
|
dothedd
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 27, 2010 20:43:28 GMT -5
Posts: 2,683
|
Post by dothedd on Jan 25, 2015 18:29:36 GMT -5
|
|
dothedd
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 27, 2010 20:43:28 GMT -5
Posts: 2,683
|
Post by dothedd on Aug 16, 2015 13:15:32 GMT -5
Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:00pm EDT Related: HEALTH
Bird flu spreads to third location in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast said on Friday that H5N1 bird flu had spread to a third location in the country, in the latest in a series of outbreaks in West Africa.
The case was discovered on a farm in the village of Modeste, about 15 km (nine miles) east of the commercial capital Abidjan.
Farm owner Moussa Dicko said he had lost 27,000 chickens in the outbreak, including about 7,000 slaughtered by veterinary agents.
The H5N1 strain of the virus can be transmitted to humans, though such cases are rare.
www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/14/us-health-bird-flu-idUSKCN0QJ28J20150814
August 14, 2015
Ivory Coast: H5N1 spreads to third location
Via Reuters: Bird flu spreads to third location in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast said on Friday that H5N1 bird flu had spread to a third location in the country, in the latest in a series of outbreaks in West Africa.
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2015/08/ivory-coast-h5n1-spreads-to-third-location.html
|
|
dothedd
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 27, 2010 20:43:28 GMT -5
Posts: 2,683
|
Post by dothedd on Oct 27, 2015 14:13:07 GMT -5
IN THE NEWS
novavax.com/#
A new way to protect babies from pneumonia
10/23/15
Novavax Initiates Phase 2 Safety and Immunogenicity Trial to Evaluate Annual Re-Dosing of the RSV F Vaccine in Older Adults
10/22/15
Novavax Announces Management Promotion
09/30/15
|
|
