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Posted: February 10 2006 at 11:53am |
NIGERIA: “Nobody has told us that it is bird flu”,
says farm official [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations> KANO, 10 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - As birds perish by the thousands in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, farmers and local officials say they are still waiting for the government to confirm whether they are dealing with an outbreak of the killer H5N1 bird flu virus. “We are sad that until this hour nobody from the ministry of agriculture has shown up,” said Awalu Haruna, secretary of the Kano State branch of the Poultry Association of Nigeria. “We are only doing what we can to stop the spread of this disease, believe me nobody has told us that it is bird flu.” As he spoke, three kilometres away at Savet Farms, a commercial poultry operation, workers on Friday were busy picking dead chickens out from live ones using their bare hands. No protective clothing was used. The piles of dead carcasses were burned or buried. Live birds remained on the farm. Nigeria this week reported Africa’s first confirmed case of the H5NI strain of avian flu, which has killed millions of birds and has jumped to humans, infecting over 100 people. Handling sick birds is believed to be one way of catching the disease. (excerpt) http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=51658&SelectRegi on=West_Africa&SelectCountry=NIGERIA |
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trisharp
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Did I read that right?? Over 100 people infected? Think of the number not yet reported. WOW!!
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100 people globally
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janetn
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This is going to be a mess. I think of all the countries in Africa and I cant think of one that has anything close to a healthcare infastructure [or any other structure] except S Africa. How many countries are involved in civil wars does anyone know?
We thought China was hard to get accurate information out of, Africa is going to be a giant unattended petrie dish |
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janetn i agree. nigeria is bad. they are fighting polio right now...polio...can you believe it? the living conditions are deplorable and there is so much poverty. death does not scare the people of africa because it is just life. if there is one country that could act as an incubator for h2h it is africa.
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