HPAI Situation Update 27/01/2011

HPAI Situation Update 27/01/2011 - Issue no. 466

Dear colleagues and ECTAD members,

Please click here to download the weekly situation update for HPAI including summaries of suspected, confirmed and denied HPAI outbreaks/cases in affected countries. Since the last update, the following new items have been included:

AFRICAN REGION

Egypt

Confirmed H5 HPAI outbreak in poultry (Aswan, Fayoum, Gharbia, Kafr El Sheikh, Menia, Menofia, Qualioubia)
Confirmed human case of H5N1 infection (Gharbia)

ASIAN REGION

Bangladesh

Confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreak in poultry (Dhaka)

China

Confirmed H5N1 infection in wild birds (Hong Kong SAR)

Japan

Confirmed H5 HPAI outbreaks in poultry (Aichi, Kagoshima)
Confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreaks in poultry (Miyazaki)
Confirmed H5N1 infection in wild birds (Hokkaido)
Confirmed influenza type A virus infection in wild birds (Hyogo, Kochi, Nagano, Shimane)
Suspected H5N1 infection in a wild bird (Shiga)

Republic of Korea

Confirmed HPAI outbreaks in poultry (Jeollabuk-do, Gyeonggi-do)

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FAO compiles information from numerous sources (FAO representatives or country missions, FAO reports, OIE, official government sources, European Commission, FAO reference centres, laboratories and FAO collaborators) and produces these composite maps in a representative effort to provide full and accurate information.