INTERNATIONAL HEALTH TEAM FLYING TO CHINA TO HELP ASSESS DEADLY FLU OUTBREAK, UN REPORTS

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INTERNATIONAL HEALTH TEAM FLYING TO CHINA TO HELP ASSESS DEADLY FLU
OUTBREAK, UN REPORTSNew York, Apr 16 2013 1:00PMUnited Nations and
international health experts will travel to China later this week at
Beijing's invitation for a week-long joint assessment of the deadly
<"http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/influenza_h7n9/en/index.html">H7N9
bird influenza outbreak that has so far infected 63 people, 14 of them
fatally.

Beyond these confirmed cases, 1,000 other people are being monitored,
based on the assumption that there was a consistent source, although
there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission, UN
World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Glenn Thomas told a news
briefing in Geneva today

Until the source is identified, further cases of infection, which has
so far been limited to six eastern provinces and municipalities, are
expected in other areas of China, he said, adding that WHO was on the
alert for mutations that could bring human-to-human transmission of
the virus.

The international health team, comprising experts from the WHO,
Australia, the European Union and the United States will leave for
China before the end of the week and look at issues around the virus
reservoir and its transmission from animals to humans.

Mr. Thomas reported that there were some cases of people recovering
from a critical state after contracting the illness.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) spokesperson Silvano Sofia
said diagnostic capabilities were being strengthened, noting that the
virus had been confirmed in samples taken from chickens, quails,
pigeons, ducks and the environment.

. FAO is working with the Chinese authorities to develop a market
chain analysis to trace the sources of infected poultry back to the
farms of origin and identify other infected farms, he added.Apr 16
2013 1:00PM
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