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...like public health authorities in the U.S. and many other countries, you're counting on the anti-viral drug Tamiflu (generic name oseltamivir) to save you should bird flu become pandemic, you may have to think again. A Hong Kong expert told Reuters on Friday that a strain of the H5N1 virus isolated in northern Vietnam this year is resistant to Tamiflu. More common human flu viruses have also recently been shown to be developing a resistance to another set of antivirals called adamantine drugs...
...Vietnam report proves true, the implications will be particularly worrisome for public health programs to combat bird flu: Many governments have made stockpiling Tamiflu the centerpiece of their planning for a possible pandemic. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt wants to create a big enough stockpile to treat 20 million Americans, and about $3 billion of the $4 billion the U.S. Senate last week proposed allocating to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare for bird flu is to be used to buy Tamiflu. Never mind the fact that Tamiflu is produced in only one facility...
...cases of person-to-person transmission in Asia would occur in clusters, where local authorities, working alongside the World Health Organization and AusAID, would try to contain the virus by quarantining the sick and giving them - and those who've had recent contact with them - the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), which would probably offer some protection against the virus. "We would do everything in our power to contain the virus within the country of origin," says Horvath, "while at the same time upgrading our border responsiveness" to intercept infected travelers at Australian airports and docks. If containment measures failed...
...spread the H5N1 virus.) But while the government insists it's doing all it can to control the disease, some are taking preparations into their own hands. One Australian bank has drawn up its own contingency plans for an outbreak and is stocking up on the antiviral drug Tamiflu. When it comes to keeping bird flu at bay, says a bank executive, "We have no faith in the government...
...bird migration begins. But the policy won't be universally adopted, because some European countries lack adequate indoor space or the means to assure that all the chickens are staying safely cooped up. Swiss pharma firm Roche last week pledged to donate 3 million courses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu to the World Health Organization, in case the virus mutates into a form that can rapidly infect humans. But at least for now, authorities hope this virus is just for the birds...