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Pandemic Flu Plan

None found.

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Official Information

Ministry of Health

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H1N1 Human Data

6,640 cases. 27 people have died:

a man in his twenties; a pregnant woman in her twenties; a 2 and a half year old girl with cerebral palsy; a man; a 9 year old boy; a 50 year old woman; a nine month old baby; a 14 year old girl with Down's syndrome; a 54 year old man; a 46 year old expatriate; a 16 year old; a woman in her sixties; a man in his forties.

 

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H5N1 Human Data

No human cases reported.

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H5N1 Animal Data

November 2005; flamingo
Washington Post | BBC

February - May 2007; AL AHMADI; Chickens, turkeys, a falcon and ostriches
OIE

February - April 2007; AL FARWANIYAH; Chickens, pigeons and a falcon
OIE

February - March 2007; MOUBARAK AL KABEER; Chickens, falcons
OIE

February - March 2007; AL KUWAYT ; Chickens, turkeys, guinea fowls, pigeons, falcons and quail
OIE

March - April 2007; AL JAHRAH; Chickens
OIE

March - April 2007; HAWALLI; Chickens
OIE

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Science

Al-Azemi, et al (2008) Avian Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Outbreaks, Kuwait, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis.

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News

Kuwait reports 11th swine flu fatality
Kuwait News Agency, October 14, 2009

Kuwaiti teenager dies from swine flu; fatality toll up to 9 - ministry
Kuwait News Agency, October 2, 2009

Kuwait: Almost 300 new swine flu cases in a week
Tawain News, September 17, 2009

Kuwait Flamingo Has Deadly Bird-Flu Strain
Washington Post, November 11, 2005

Lethal bird flu found in Kuwait
BBC, November 11, 2005

Kuwait reports H5N1 outbreaks in birds
CIDRAP, February 26, 2007

Kuwait finds H5N1 bird flu in 7 more birds
Reuters, March 2, 2007

Tests exclude H5N1 cases in Kuwait, confirm 1 in Indonesia
CIDRAP, Apr 5, 2007

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