February 6, 2007
Nigeria, Egypt and Djibouti had reported and confirmed infections of the bird flu virus in humans
Egypt, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Djibouti, Niger and Burkina Faso have all reported cases of the H5N1 strain of the virus in birds since last year. Great Britain has killed 159,000 infected turkeys yesterday - as ministers warned killer bird flu could spread rapidly across Britain.
Strains of the H5N1 bird flu have been reported in 15 of Nigeria’s 36 states and in recent weeks and a 22-year-old woman, along with her mother and two other people, have died on January 17. These are the first humans killed in Nigeria from the bird flue.
Georgian-Abkhaz border has reported infected birds and has stopped all birds from entering the region. The ban has been on since the beginning of last year after a bird flu outbreak was reported in Georgia.
South Korea The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that lab tests proved the existence of the H5N1 virus again. This was the fifth time since November the epidemic had appearance. Apparently quarantines nor culling have controlled the spread of the disease
The great fear is that H5N1 strain of the virus can mutate and spread to humans resulting in a flu pandemic that could kill millions.
According to the World Health Organization, the H5N1 strain of the virus has already killed 164 people since it first affected poultry in Asia in 2003.
Filed under Bird Flue News, Blog by Leo
