Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06TOKYO3008
2006-06-01 04:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 1
VZCZCXRO3888 PP RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB DE RUEHKO #3008 1520447 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 010447Z JUN 06 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2723 INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA 6511 RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA 6449 RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA 9129 RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE 9738 RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO 7666 RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC 8264 RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS TOKYO 003008
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE
DEPT FOR OES/IHA SINGER AND FENDRICK
DEPT FOR EAP/J
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 1
REF: A) 05 STATE 153802; B) TOKYO 2907 AND PREVIOUS
C) TOKYO 2135; D) TOKYO 1112
UNCLAS TOKYO 003008
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE
DEPT FOR OES/IHA SINGER AND FENDRICK
DEPT FOR EAP/J
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 1
REF: A) 05 STATE 153802; B) TOKYO 2907 AND PREVIOUS
C) TOKYO 2135; D) TOKYO 1112
1. The following is an update of avian influenza (AI)
developments in Japan for the period May 25 to June 1. No
human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were
reported in Japan during this period.
H5N1 Designated As Government-Decreed "Quarantinable"
Infectious Disease
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2. On May 30, Japan's Diet approved the government's
request to designate the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian
influenza as a government-decreed infectious disease. The
legislative body also agreed to designate the strain as a
government-decreed quarantinable infectious disease. This
will be only the second time an emerging or reemerging
infectious disease received such a designation since SARS
was first designated in 2003. The new designation will
take full effect on June 12. For further details see Tokyo
2135.
Importation of French Chickens to Resume
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3. Vice Minister Aoi Ishihara of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) indicated a
possible lift of the ban on the importation of French
poultry meat and guts at a press conference on May 25.
MAFF learned that preventive measures in the affected areas
in France were completed on March 18. Based on this
information, MAFF will allow a resumption of imports
starting around June 20, 90 days after the completion of
the preventive measures. MAFF banned the importation on
February 24. For further details see Tokyo 1112.
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE
DEPT FOR OES/IHA SINGER AND FENDRICK
DEPT FOR EAP/J
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 1
REF: A) 05 STATE 153802; B) TOKYO 2907 AND PREVIOUS
C) TOKYO 2135; D) TOKYO 1112
1. The following is an update of avian influenza (AI)
developments in Japan for the period May 25 to June 1. No
human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were
reported in Japan during this period.
H5N1 Designated As Government-Decreed "Quarantinable"
Infectious Disease
-------------- --------------
2. On May 30, Japan's Diet approved the government's
request to designate the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian
influenza as a government-decreed infectious disease. The
legislative body also agreed to designate the strain as a
government-decreed quarantinable infectious disease. This
will be only the second time an emerging or reemerging
infectious disease received such a designation since SARS
was first designated in 2003. The new designation will
take full effect on June 12. For further details see Tokyo
2135.
Importation of French Chickens to Resume
--------------
3. Vice Minister Aoi Ishihara of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) indicated a
possible lift of the ban on the importation of French
poultry meat and guts at a press conference on May 25.
MAFF learned that preventive measures in the affected areas
in France were completed on March 18. Based on this
information, MAFF will allow a resumption of imports
starting around June 20, 90 days after the completion of
the preventive measures. MAFF banned the importation on
February 24. For further details see Tokyo 1112.
SCHIEFFER