Bird flu in Malaysia, thousands tested in India
Krittivas Mukherjee
Reuters
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Mumbai, Maharashtra (India):
Bird flu maintained its relentless march across the globe on Tuesday with Malaysia the latest country to report an outbreak in poultry, while in India hundreds of people turned up at medical camps in bird flu-hit areas.At least 12 nations worldwide reported outbreaks over the past three weeks, an indication that the virus, which has killed more than 90 people, is spreading faster.
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Bosnia confirmed its first cases of bird flu on Monday and neighbouring Croatia reported it second outbreak. In Germany, soldiers in biohazard suits were deployed to prevent the spread of bird flu after H5N1 reached the mainland.
In India, eight people have been quarantined as officials scramble to contain a major outbreak of bird flu in poultry before it takes hold in the world's second most populous nation.
So far, there are no confirmed human cases.Doke said authorities had completed a door-to-door search in Navapur where 30,000 people had been examined. Another Maharashtra state official said about 300,000 birds have been culled so far.Malaysia stepped up its defenses against bird flu on Tuesday, killing poultry and sending health officials to track any human infections, after it reported its first case of the H5N1 virus in more than a year.
"There's no cause for worry because no human beings are infected," Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek Chua said. Scientists say the virus has already developed the ability to infect more species of animals and the fear is H5N1 could eventually mutate just enough to pass easily from human-to-human.
Krittivas Mukherjee
Reuters
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Mumbai, Maharashtra (India):
Bird flu maintained its relentless march across the globe on Tuesday with Malaysia the latest country to report an outbreak in poultry, while in India hundreds of people turned up at medical camps in bird flu-hit areas.At least 12 nations worldwide reported outbreaks over the past three weeks, an indication that the virus, which has killed more than 90 people, is spreading faster.
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See Also:
Bird Flu Confirmed in Swans in Hungary
China says human bird flu cases a mystery
Lock 20million chickens indoors
______________________
Bosnia confirmed its first cases of bird flu on Monday and neighbouring Croatia reported it second outbreak. In Germany, soldiers in biohazard suits were deployed to prevent the spread of bird flu after H5N1 reached the mainland.
In India, eight people have been quarantined as officials scramble to contain a major outbreak of bird flu in poultry before it takes hold in the world's second most populous nation.
So far, there are no confirmed human cases.Doke said authorities had completed a door-to-door search in Navapur where 30,000 people had been examined. Another Maharashtra state official said about 300,000 birds have been culled so far.Malaysia stepped up its defenses against bird flu on Tuesday, killing poultry and sending health officials to track any human infections, after it reported its first case of the H5N1 virus in more than a year.
"There's no cause for worry because no human beings are infected," Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek Chua said. Scientists say the virus has already developed the ability to infect more species of animals and the fear is H5N1 could eventually mutate just enough to pass easily from human-to-human.
