March 23, 2006

Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO

21 March 2006

Country

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

Total

cases

deaths

cases

deaths

cases

deaths

cases

deaths

cases

deaths

Azerbaijan		 0 0
0		 0 0 0
7		 5 7 5
Cambodia 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4
China 0 0 0 0 8 5 7 5 15 10
Indonesia 0 0 0 0 17 11 12 11 29 22
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Thailand 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 22 14
Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 12 4
Viet Nam 3 3 29 20 61 19 0 0 93 42
Total 3 3 46 32 95 41 40 27 184 103


Total number of cases includes number of deaths.
WHO reports only laboratory-confirmed cases.

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March 21, 2006

CME Releases Pandemic Survival Guide

In an effort to reduce the costs of an avian flu pandemic, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters unveiled a planning guide of Canadian business that will help mitigate the estimated $60-billion economic impact from a pandemic outbreak. Their freely available planning guide includes such topics as: Estimated Economic Impact of a Pandemic, Maintaining Essential Business Operations, Business Planning for Absences, Supply Chain Disruption and Border Closures, Staff Travel and Expatriates Evacuation Plan, Restrict Workplace Entry of People with Influenza Symptoms, Workplace Cleaning, Increase Social Distancing, Personal, Policies for Exposed Employees.

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