Posts Tagged ‘Schmallenberg Virus Outbreak in the EU’
Posted by feww on May 15, 2012
More EU farms infected by Schmallenberg virus
- Germany. Some 1,481 farms across Germany had reported animals testing positive for the virus as of May 14, 2012, including 92 new farms.
- France. France reported infections on 1,471 farms on May 11, including 105 new cases.
- Belgium. Some 477 farms had reported SBV by May 2, 2012, including 33 new farms from a week earlier.
- Netherlands. At least 339 farms have reported SBV as of May 11, 2012.
- U.K. As of May 14, some 258 UK farms had reported SBV including two new farms, one in the Channel Islands and one in Buckinghamshire, a new addition to the list of counties reporting affected animals, said DEFRA.
- Luxemburg, Spain, Italy and other European countries. No reliable statistics available!
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- Hunan Province, China. At least 20,078 cases of HFMD infections were reported in Hunan province in April, with 19 fatalities.
- Continuous rain has affected more than 2.91 million people in 50 of the province’s counties as of May 14, said a report.
Original caption: Photo taken on May 13, 2012 shows a bridge that collapsed after being hit by flood in Pingjiang County, central-south China’s Hunan Province, May 13, 2012. Torrential rain that struck south China since May 11 has affected the daily lives of 2.91 million residents within Hunan as of Monday noon. Direct economic losses caused by the flood reached 2.88 billion yuan (456.2 million U.S. dollars), according to provincial flood control authorities. (Xinhua/Bai Yu). Image may be subject to copyright. More images…
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Posted by feww on May 8, 2012
Schmallenberg Virus: “This is a warning to the whole world”
Schmallenberg virus is a new front in human’s losing war against the unknown. “This is a warning to the whole world,” said Alberto Laddomada, head of the European Commission’s Animal Health Unit.
The European Center of Disease Prevention and Control says it is “unlikely” that SBV could infect humans; however, the possibility “cannot be excluded at this stage.”
The numbers of reported SBV infections across Europe are peaking as the lambing season finishes; however, the next wave of SBV attack could prove even deadlier due to the unpredictability of viral mutations.
- Germany. Some 1,389 farms across Germany had reported animals testing positive for the virus as of May 7, 2012, including 78 new farms.
- France. France has reported infections on 1,412 farms, including 45 new cases since last week.
- Belgium. Some 477 farms had reported SBV by May 2, 2012, including 33 new farms from a week earlier.
- Netherlands. At least 331 farms have reported SBV as of May 4, 2012.
- U.K. As of May 8, some 256 UK farms have reported SBV: 36 in cattle and 220 in sheep (5 new farms since April 27, 2012).
- Luxemburg, Spain, Italy and other European countries. No reliable statistics available!
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Posted by feww on April 3, 2012
Disaster Calendar 2012 – April 3
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,443 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Up to 5,000 farms in the EU may be infected with SBV
Based on the data made available by various organizations monitoring the spread of Schmallenberg Virus in EU, FIRE-EARTH estimates that up to 5,000 farms may be infected with the deadly virus.
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Previous reports of SBV infection
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Posted by feww on March 25, 2012
Disaster Calendar 2012 – March 25
[March 25, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,452 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Schmallenberg Virus (SBV) Outbreak Intensifying in the EU
UK midges may be carrying SBV infection after biting local animals that were infected last summer following incursion of continental midges: DEFRA/AHVLA.
- Germany. “In Germany animals from 1061 holdings have been tested positive for ‛Schmallenberg virus’ so far. The cases occurred in 194 cattle holdings, 823 sheep holdings and 44 goat holdings.” FLI reported.
- Affected federal states are North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Schleswig-Holstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Brandenburg, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, Hamburg, Bavaria, Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saarland and Berlin.
- United Kingdom. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) infection has been reported on 209 farms, said DEFRA .
- “We cannot rule out the possibility that domestic (local) midges may have transmitted SBV within the affected areas. Domestic midges may have been infected after biting a local animal infected last summer after incursion of continental midges.”
- SBV infection has been reported in one new county, Bedfordshire, as well as in Jersey, Channel Islands.
- Affected counties are Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, East Sussex, Essex, Greater London, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, S. Gloucestershire, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Berkshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire, as well as Channel Islands.
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