LOCAL SANCCOB in Table View was placed under temporary quarantine last week, after at least three penguins had to be euthanized to prevent the spread of bird flu. SANCCOB says the absence of treatment necessitates the euthanizing of infected birds, adding that all birds are being closely monitored. An off-site quarantine facility has since been set up, to cater to the admission of seabirds in need of rehabilitation. Read more […]
India is investigating its first documented human death from bird flu after an 11-year-old boy succumbed to the disease earlier this month, says the health ministry. The boy was admitted to New Delhi’s premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences on July 2. He died on Tuesday after a multiorgan failure, a government statement said late on Wednesday. Health workers treating the patient and the boy’s family have been kept […]
A 41-year-old man in China's eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday. The man, a resident of the city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalised on April 28 after developing a fever and other symptoms, the NHC said in a statement. He was diagnosed as having the H10N3 avian influenza […]
Four of South Africa's neighbours have banned poultry imports from the rainbow nation following a serious outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian influenza. Namibia on Tuesday became the latest country to ban South African chickens - live and uncooked - following last week's outbreak of the H5N8 strain of bird flu at two South African poultry farms. Windhoek followed Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, along with Zambia, which had […]
A second case of avian influenza was reported on a layer farm in Val, Standerton, in Mpumalanga, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Monday. “The virus is the same strain as the initial case reported, but the two farms are not directly linked, meaning this is a separate introduction. "The farm has been placed under quarantine. More than 25,000 of the infected birds will be culled. Eggs […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
