Here is the world pandemic flu report for today. It consists of the WHO report dated July 1, 2009 plus the latest reports from Australia, Canada and the United States and other countries marked in this color. The totals are those posted at those sites at the time this report was produced. Those sites will change as they receive new data. We will post a new report as we are able.
Avian Flu Update Through Feb 27 2009
Mar 2nd, 2009
Indonesia has reported no new cases in 2009, despite having the largest number of cases and the highest death rate.
Avian Flu Update – February 3 2009
Feb 3rd, 2009
China appears to be the focal point for avian flu [H5N1] cases so far in 2009. Of 9 reported cases, 7 are from China. Nearly all are reported to have had contact with poultry.
In Third World nations, especially rural regions, when livestock become sick, the rush is to slaughter them and perhaps use them before they die. Since H5N1 is primarily transmitted through contact with infected poultry, this means that every sick bird is a tiny hotspot of infection.
Avian Flu Update for 1-21-2009
Jan 20th, 2009
That said, the WHO recognizes the difficulty of delivering vaccines to rural, remote regions. Some of the cases in Indonesia could only be reached on donkey back, for example. The polio outbreak in 2006 and 2007 that was caused by Islamic teachers in Nigeria refusing to allow vaccinations to take place suggests yet another reason that WHO plans for the Third World will have to be vastly different than those for the West.
Bird Flu Update
Jan 7th, 2009
Latest news about H5N1 avian influenza in China and Vietnam, and a graph of the latest statistics.
One Quarter of Bird Flu Cases Unexplained
Jan 18th, 2008
Reuters
The H5N1 bird flu virus may sometimes stick to surfaces or get kicked up in fertilizer dust to infect people, according to a World Health Organization report published on Wednesday.
The WHO team reviewed all known human cases of avian influenza, which has infected 350 people in 14 countries and killed 217 of them since 2003, [...]
Avian influenza – situation in Pakistan
Dec 19th, 2007
As is the normal procedure, the samples here have been sent to a lab capable of accurately determining if it is bird flu. Local labs are wrong 50% plus of the time.
WHO
The Ministry of Health in Pakistan has informed WHO of 8 suspected human cases of H5N1 avian influenza infection in the Peshawar area [...]
Bird Flu Deaths By Year
Dec 8th, 2007
YEARKILLEDTOTAL CASES
20074973
200679115
20054398
20043246
200344
World Health Organization
Bird Flu in Europe
Jul 6th, 2007
Two items from Reuters, France and Germany
France confirms H5N1 flu virus in swans
PARIS, July 5 (Reuters) – Tests have confirmed that three swans found dead in eastern France were killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus, the French agriculture ministry said on Thursday, France’s first cases of the disease in over a year.
The government raised [...]
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