How safe is it to travel to these country?
- From: "All4One" <jim_039@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 18 Jan 2006 07:05:54 -0800
Did I recently read that LAOS was bird flu free? These die-hard
communist thugs will never tell the truth!! Oh I second thought, they
didn't have the technological knowledge to know such diseases are
already existed in their territory.
And look at China, supposedly was the root of the H5N1 outbreak, only
contributing 10 millions. What a cheap ass BITCH!!!
Jim
**** The World Bank had appealed for at least $1.5 billion to stave off
a potential bird flu pandemic that could kill millions worldwide. The
bank has said about 45 percent of the funding would be spent in
Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Laos - countries where the
H5N1 virus is already endemic.*****
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BEIJING - Alarmed by the spread of bird flu beyond East Asia, nations
pledged nearly $2 billion Wednesday to fight the disease, far exceeding
expectations at the fundraising conference in Beijing. The United
States alone promised $334 million.
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The World Bank had appealed for at least $1.5 billion to stave off
a potential bird flu pandemic that could kill millions worldwide. The
bank has said about 45 percent of the funding would be spent in
Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Laos - countries where the
H5N1 virus is already endemic.
"What we've seen today is that the world really does care and wants to
respond effectively to the threat of avian influenza and a possible
human pandemic," said David Nabarro, the U.N. coordinator on avian and
human influenza. He described the response as "quite extraordinary."
Although primarily a disease affecting poultry, the virus has jumped to
humans, killing 77 people in East Asia since 2003. With a mortality
rate of over 50 percent, experts are worried that the virus could
mutate into a form that spreads easily from person to person.
The gathering in Beijing took on a new sense of urgency after Turkey
reported four deaths from the virus this month, the first outside East
Asia.
"There's no time to waste," U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said
in a taped address to the conference. "Let's ensure that we are ready."
The United States would take a leadership role in helping to manage the
funds and ensure that they are channeled to where they can be of most
use, said the U.S. coordinator for health, science and the environment,
Nancy Powell.
The United States pledged the largest amount from a single country,
$334 million, mostly in grants and technical assistance, while the
World Bank made $500 million available in loans. The United States also
said it will invest billions of dollars over the next three years to
develop a human vaccine.
Japan donated $159 million, while China - which has reported eight
human infections, five of which have been fatal - said it would
donate $10 million.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao promised the communist government
would be transparent and forthcoming with information about outbreaks
in addition to sharing information about virus strains with the
international community.
"China is ready to fully use the existing cooperation mechanisms to
give countries and international organizations concerned, timely and
accurate updates on the latest developments of the avian influenza
epidemics," he told donors.
China was criticized for its sluggish response to severe acute
respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in 2003.
Jim Adams, head of the World Bank's bird flu task force, noted the $2
billion in pledges followed a demanding year for donors. Hurricane
Katrina and the earthquake in Pakistan struck just months after Asia's
tsunami, increasing the competition for funds.
He said the $2 billion in pledges reflected international concerns
about bird flu, adding nations now needed to focus on using the money
effectively.
On Tuesday, EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said the EU had
increased its commitment to $121 million, about $20 million more than
it announced last week. The 25 member states were also expected to
pledge about $120 million in total, he said.
"Never before has humankind had a window of opportunity to prepare for
the event of a pandemic before it actually happens," he said. "And now
we know what needs to be done."
The WHO said Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG has agreed to donate
another 2 million courses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu to help poor
countries battling the disease. Tamiflu is believed to be most
effective in treating bird flu in humans.
Roche last year donated 3 million courses of the drug to WHO for a
global stockpile that would be distributed wherever a pandemic flu
strain emerged, she said.
Company officials have said about 150 million treatments are expected
to be produced this year.
The funding conference, co-sponsored by the World Bank, European
Commission and the Chinese government, follows a global bird flu
coordination meeting held two months ago in Geneva, which brought
together participants from 100 countries.
Based on the damage that SARS caused to Asia's economy after it emerged
in southern China in 2002, the World Bank says a flu pandemic in humans
could result in $800 billion in global losses in a year.
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