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INTERNATIONAL ISSUES - BIRD FLU THREAT
![]() Minister issues ordinance lifting ban on importing birds from Turkey
Posted on 10/04/2009
Minister of Environment and Water HE Dr. Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahd issued an ordinance today lifting ban on the import of birds and their products from Turkey.
The ordinance said that all kinds of birds and poultry and their products can be imported from Turkey abiding by the veterinary laws in the country.
The ordinance was issued after the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) testified that no new cases of bird flu were reported from Turkey. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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 No bird flu in UAE: Environment Minister affirms
Posted on 17/02/2008
The UAE is completely free of bird flu and a full-proof monitoring system is in place at border checkpoints to prevent any infiltration of the disease into the country, affirmed minister of environment and water. 'The UAE is free of avian influenza laboratories across the country have not detected any case of bird flu. All samples tested and analysed by quarantine inspectors have also shown no traces of the disease, said Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al Kindi. 'Although all bird shipments entered the
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 UAE to strengthen guard against bird flu
Posted on 22/01/2008
The Ministry of Health is in the process of signing an agreement to strengthen surveillance and diagnostic capabilities against bird flu (Avian Influenza Virus).Ministry is to ink a deal with the World Health Organisation and the Naval American Medical Research Unit.
WHO has warned that recent outbreaks of bird flu could trigger a future human flu pandemic and that the UAE should take precautions against travellers coming from affected areas.
"There are no reported cases yet but in case of a
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![]() UAE bans bird imports from Germany's state of Brandenburg
Posted on 26/12/2007
The United Arab Emirates banned on Tuesday imports of all kinds of birds from German State of Brandenburg after cases of bird flu were detected there. Issued by Minister of Environment and Water Dr Mohammed Saeed Al Kindi, the ban covered "all living domestic and wild birds and their products'. The minister instructed the animal wealth department in his ministry to coordinate efforts with other relevant authorities to put the ban in place. The resolution said the ban was slapped as a
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 Stringent monitoring of entry points to avert bird flu
Posted on 21/11/2007
Ministry of Interior asked today the competent authorities to effectively mobilise the mechanism to avert the chances of bird flu leaking into the country. At a meeting held at the Ministry headquarters today, the Director of Criminal security Maj. Gen. Khamis Saif Bin Suwaif, who chaired the meeting, asked the officials to make sure that every entry point into the country effectively blocked the import of any birds, live or frozen, affected with the virus. The committee who prepared a report
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 EAD specialists begin taking precautions against avian flu
Posted on 29/08/2007
Specialists at the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) - have begun to take precautionary measures against the avian influenza, also known as bird flu. According to Dr Maan Ahmed Al Hakim, unit leader of biosecurity at EAD, from the middle of September, migratory birds are expected to pass through the UAE, some of them possibly carrying the virus.
"From next month, migratory birds would be leaving the cold northern regions to travel towards the south, and the Gulf area is half way down their
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 UAE bans Czech and Togo poultry imports
Posted on 22/07/2007
The UAE has banned the import of all live birds and their by-products from the republics of Czech and Togo after cases of bird flu were reported there. A resolution to this effect was issued by Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al Kindi, Minister of Environment and Water, after the ministry had received reports from the World Organisation for Animal Health about infected cases of bird flu in the two countries. The ban covers live pets and wild birds, their products, derivatives and waste. "The
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 If it arrives, bird flu may infect 35% of population
Posted on 11/04/2007
UAE bird flu experts expect more than 5,000 deaths out of 1.5 million cases should the disease become easily transmitted between humans, due to the country's urban society and its high-density population. The World Bank and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have estimated that the zoonotic disease would infect up to 35 per cent of the country's population if it mutated enough to cause the next flu pandemic.
The virulent H5N1 virus is currently spread through direct contact with infected
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 Saif issues decree to set up bird flu task force
Posted on 19/03/2007
Interior Minister, Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued two administrative decrees setting up a permanent task force for emergency health cases related to bird flu pandemic.
According to decree no. 1 of 2007, the task force, which would consist of experts in this field and drawn from all official health institutions of the state, will, among other things, work to prevent entry into the UAE of poultry products and live birds in the custody of travellers entering into the
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 Authorities prepared to implement poultry ban
Posted on 10/03/2007
Authorities have not received official instructions banning live poultry but are prepared to take necessary steps to implement this decision once it is received.
"The RAK Anti Bird Flu sub-committee has not received any official orders from the federal authorities to implement the new live poultry ban," said Mubarak Ali Al Shamsi, who heads the committee.
"We want to see the order to implement it instantly," he said. "A number of municipal inspectors will be dedicated to this purpose,"
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 Country remains vigilant against bird flu
Posted on 09/03/2007
The emirate is prepared to deal with any bird flu outbreak, authorities said yesterday, adding that cooperation between the emirates is increasingly important in dealing with the issue.
Majid Al Mansouri, spokesman of the National Committee for Emergency Response to Bird Flu and Secretary-General of the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD), and Dr Mohammad Saeed Al Kindi, Minister of Environment and Water, spoke to the press after a secretariat meeting, attended by representatives from the
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 MoH has stocks of 1m bird flu tablets
Posted on 05/03/2007
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has stockpiled more than a million tablets of ‘Tamiflu', the most prescribed medicine that attacks influenza virus that easily spreads among humans, a top health official has revealed.
"The MoH in collaboration with other health authorities in the country have managed to store more than one million pills of the drug to avert looming hazards bird flu virus poses,” Dr Ali Shukur, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health, told Khaleej Times yesterday.
He said
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 Bird flu scare tests levels of readiness
Posted on 03/03/2007
UAE's bird flu emergency response plan went into high gear on Thursday as an Indonesian housemaid got sick after handling dead birds in her employer's yard.
The 31 year-old maid was rushed to the Rashid Hospital Trauma Centre and kept under observation in isolation.
The test results showed she had the common pneumonia.
The head of the infectious disease unit described it as "bad timing". Dr Abdullah Ustadi, the chief, said: "It was a coincidence," that the maid had bird flu symptoms
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 Quarantine centre at UAE-Oman border to prevent entry of virus
Posted on 28/02/2007
A new quarantine centre will be set up at the UAE-Oman border post near Al Ain to prevent the H5N1 bird flu virus from entering the country.
According to Majid Al Mansouri, spokesman of the National Committee for Emergency Response to Bird Flu, and Secretary-General of the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD), the Executive Council has approved a budget for the centre that will be built by the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority at the Al Khatim Al Shakkla border post near Al Ain.
"The
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 UAE geared to block bird flu
Posted on 27/02/2007
Steps to prevent the deadly bird flu from entering the UAE are in place, with officials advising calm following reports of an outbreak in neighbouring Kuwait.
Kuwait on Sunday confirmed 20 cases of H5N1, the virulent strain of bird flu, in falcons, chickens and turkeys, based on tests conducted by local and laboratory results.
Dr Mohammad Saeed Al Kindi, UAE Minister of Environment and Water, told Gulf News that the UAE was fully prepared to prevent the deadly virus from crossing over.
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