RESOUR> [NetGold] MEDICAL: DISEASES : TOURISM AND TRAVEL: ISSUES: Avian Influenza and Tourism
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Subject: [NetGold] MEDICAL: DISEASES : TOURISM AND TRAVEL: ISSUES: Avian
Influenza and Tourism
MEDICAL: DISEASES : TOURISM AND TRAVEL: ISSUES: Avian Influenza and
Tourism
Second Case of Avian Flu in US State
Channel News Asia
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/70489/1/.html>
WASHINGTON : US authorities confirmed a second case of Avian flu in a
flock of 72,000 chickens in Delaware state which were to be destroyed.
While the infection is not the same as the Avian flu that has been blamed
for the deaths of 19 people in Asia, US officials still expressed concern
after the new outbreak.
The latest infection was found in a flock of roaster-type chickens in the
eastern state's Sussex county.
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Deadly Strain of Avian Influenza Spreads to Indonesia
Taipei Times
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/02/04/2003097380>
GROWING THREAT: Indonesian authorities said they had detected the H5N1
strain of bird flu in poultry, while health experts in Rome sought
strategies to fight the outbreak
REUTERS AND AP , SINGAPORE AND ROME
Wednesday, Feb 04, 2004,Page 1
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Hirings on the upswing
With Asia's economies rebounding, firms are seeking more staff as they
look to grab new opportunities in the region
By Shefali Rekhi
The Straits Times
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,234261,00.html>
As Asia's fortunes seem set to rise - leaving behind the scars of the Iraq
war and Sars - banks, financial institutions, the logistics industry and
those in tourism are seeking talent, showing a pattern that clearly
suggests jobs are on a rebound in Asia.
The elections - being held in most Asian economies - and the avian
influenza could be dampeners but prospects look positive.
Hiring specialists say existing multinational clients and new ones seeking
manpower are calling up or sending e-mail messages more frequently than in
the past year.
The upswing in business has been discernible since the last quarter of
2003, and is now gaining pace.
'There has definitely been a pick-up,' said Kelly Services managing
director Dhirendra Shantilal, who oversees the global recruitment firm's
Asia operations from Singapore.
'Companies have started to hire people. But they still have to get over
their fears of a downturn and are still somewhat cautious,' he told The
Straits Times.
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Singapore's Parliament Discusses bird flu situation in Singapore
February 6, 2004
Radio Singapore International
<http://rsi.com.sg/english/newsline/view/2004020621163/1/.html>
The Minister also stressed that the bird flu has not affected the
Singapore economy in a significant way.
MBT: The impact of an avian influenza outbreak on Singapores economy
should be minimal. The fallout of the disease is contained within the
poultry industry. According to the Pacific Asian Travel Association, PATA,
avian influenza will not have the same effect on the tourism industry as
the SARS crisis last year. Unlike SARS, the virus is not transmitted from
human to human. Its mainly through close contact with infected chickens.
The WHO has not issued travel advisories on avian influenza. So far,
theres been on significant effect on our tourist arrivals. Nevertheless,
if the situation worsens in the coming weeks, the psychological impact
could dampen regional tourism including Singapores. The worst case
scenario would be that of a viral mutation that allows human-to-human
transmission. The economy such as hotels, retailers and airlines would be
badly affected. As of now, this remains very unlikely.
Mr Mah added that if avian influenza was to slip through Singapores tight
defences, the authorities would act swiftly to contain and eradicate the
virus.
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The Straits Times
Tourism Ministers Try to Allay Fears
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/birdflu/story/0,5297,233390,00.html>
VIENTIANE - Tourism officials, scared that a bird flu epidemic sweeping
Asia will hurt the industry, sought to lure holidaymakers yesterday by
promising discounts and safety from the virus.
BANGKOK - Thailand is trying to ease public fears about poultry products
by giving away cooked chicken and eggs amid assurances from experts that
eating thoroughly cooked poultry is safe and unlikely to cause bird flu.
The government has joined forces with poultry farmers and celebrities to
offer the food at stalls outside Bangkok's Government House, where a
weekly Cabinet meeting was set to start yesterday.
Famous actors and politicians munched on fried chicken wings and cutlets
at stands owned by a major Thai poultry producer, Saha Farm Co. A public
chicken feast has been scheduled for Saturday at a city park.
The campaign is part of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's efforts to
restore confidence in Thailand's US$1 billion (S$1.7 billion) poultry
industry, which has suffered a downturn due to bird flu.
Thailand has a glut of more than 10 million chickens, 100 million eggs and
20,000 tonnes of frozen and processed meat rejected by the European Union
and Japan, the Commerce Ministry said.
The World Health Organisation and doctors said yesterday that eating
thoroughly cooked chicken and eggs is safe and is unlikely to cause bird
flu.
In Bangkok, infectious diseases consultant Mondej Sookpranee said it was
too early to tell if the virus could be spread by eating cooked poultry.
'The virus is very sensitive to temperature. So eating chicken that is
well-cooked is still perfectly safe.'
A seven-year-old boy died yesterday, becoming Thailand's fourth confirmed
fatality from the disease. -- AP, AFP, Reuters
Meeting in Laos, which is lodged between bird flu-stricken Thailand,
Vietnam and China, they played down the threat of the disease to humans
and talked up the tourism industry's recovery from a Sars epidemic last
year.
But fear lingered that the strain of avian influenza, which has led to the
slaughter of millions of chickens, could mix with a human virus and mutate
into a deadly form that spreads between people.
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Herald and Weekly Times
Herald Sun
Virus Threat Dwarfs SARS
By Jamie Walker
06feb04
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/
0,5478,8598158%255E401,00.html>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://snipurl.com/4f3s>
THE Australian scientist who led the World Health Organisation fight
against SARS in China warned yesterday that Asian bird flu was "1000 times
worse" than that deadly outbreak.
John McKenzie said the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which has killed 17
people in Southeast Asia and forced the slaughter of millions of birds,
represented "the worst scenario possible" for a worldwide flu pandemic.
"Whereas SARS was a wake-up call as to what could happen with influenza,
the worries about avian influenza and the worries about new pandemic
influenza are a thousand times worse than considering SARS," Professor
McKenzie told The Australian.
"SARS was just a kind of minor thing compared to what a new pandemic of
influenza would be."
A microbiologist at the University of Queensland, Professor McKenzie led
the initial WHO mission to Beijing last March in response to the emergence
of SARS.
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WHO Warns Against Creating Bird Flu Panic
By JONATHAN FOWLER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AP-NY-02-04-04 0014EST
<http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared/health/
ap/ap_story.html/Health/AP.V6321.AP-Bird-Flu.html>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://snipurl.com/4f3y>
GENEVA (AP)--The United Nations health agency sought Tuesday to dampen
fears of bird flu striking large numbers of people, even as the death toll
in Asia climbed to 13.
A 7-year-old boy became the fourth person to die from the disease in
Thailand. Vietnam has reported nine fatalities.
``I think it's very important at this stage that we remain calm about
worst-case scenarios,'' said Mike Ryan, head of the global epidemic
response network at the World Health Organization. ``What we're dealing
with at the moment is small clusters of cases associated with exposure to
poultry.''
``We have a strain of influenza with the potential to pick up human genes,
and we're nowhere close to declaring a pandemic,'' Ryan told reporters.
Asia's bird flu crisis topped the agenda at a three-day emergency meeting
beginning Tuesday at the headquarters of the U.N. Food and Agriculture
Organization in Rome. Experts hope to work out strategies for tackling the
outbreak and preventing future one.
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