いつもながら南アジア発のビックリ報道。
パキスタン当局によって鳥インフルエンザH5N1と診断された農家が独自に依頼して別の施設で検査したら(H5N1じゃなくて)H5N9だった。。と。
怒った農家が抗議のハンガーストライキを展開です。
たとえていえば、先日、鳥インフルエンザH5N1を診断された十和田湖周辺の農協が独自に検査を実施して別の結果を発表し、厚労省に抗議だっ!と言って霞が関で断食ストをやった・・に等しい事態です。まあ、日比谷公園前の厚労省といえば日本でももっともデモの発生回数の多い場所のひとつでしょうが、当局がH5N1だと発表したものを独自調査なんかしないでしょうし、万一誤診だったとして向かうは裁判所でしょう。
混沌の中情勢は混迷し・・・
ソースは6月26日付ProMed↓
[2] Pakistan (North West Frontier Province)
Date: Thu 26 Jun 2008
Source: Daily Times [edited]
<http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C06%5C26%5Cstory_26-6-2008_
pg7_53> ← 表示されず
Swabi Poultry Association says H5N9 mistaken for H5N1
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Swabi Poultry Association (SPA) on Wednesday [25 Jun 2008] staged a
protest demonstration against the District Livestock and Dairy
Development Department and the National Research Institute (NRI),
Islamabad, for what they called 'mistaking an H5N9 strain for H5N1'
that caused bird flu.
The authorities had detected H5N1 strain at a poultry farm in Swabi
(NWFP) [on 21 Jun 2008] and ordered immediate closure of the farm and
culling of 2000 birds. The association's office-bearers said that
they had conducted their own test at the Poultry Research Institute
(PRI), Rawalpindi, where the strain was identified as H5N9. The
association's president, Zabiullah, demanded that the government
constitute an impartial committee that should take samples for fresh
tests. He warned that if the government failed to listen to their
demand by 30 Jun 2008, they would hold a hunger strike camp in front
of the NWFP Assembly.