The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that human infections from H5N1 avian flu could lead to severe illness and potentially trigger a pandemic if the virus mutates to facilitate efficient human-to-human transmission.
Avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, is an infectious viral disease of birds (especially wild water fowl such as ducks and geese).
Notably, the virus was first traced in North American waterfowl in 2002. It is known to infect horses, dogs and seals.
Divisional Forest Officer, Supaul, Sunil Kumar Sharan said that more than four dozen birds, including crows, ducks, chickens, and other birds were found dead in mysterious circumstances in Chapkahi village under Sadar police station on Mar 31.
A simple test given to 13 of the chickens from the farm showed 12 of them tested positive for avian flu
The 41-year-old man in Jiangsu province, northwest of Shanghai, was hospitalized April 28 and is in stable condition, the National Health Commission said on its website.
Three recreational parks and famous Sanjay Lake in Delhi were closed by authorities on Saturday amid an avian flu scare in the city as several birds were found dead on their premises in the last couple of days, officials said.
Over 1.60 lakh birds of five poultry farms in Haryana’s Panchkula district are set to be culled as some poultry samples there have tested positive for the avian flu.
In an exclusive interview with IndiaTV, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur said that eventhough the number the bird-flu cases are rising in the State but the condition is not as such that we need to kill birds but we are keeping close eye on the situation.
A large number of crows have died due to avian flu in the area around Radi in Rajasthan's Jhalawar.
Jhalawar district administration has imposed Section 144 in the affected area in Radi, Rajasthan after many crows have died due to avian flu in the area.
Although the virus does not usually infect people, it can cause fever, diarrhoea, respiratory illnesses in some affected people.
Gurgaon: The Sultanpur National Park has been closed for visitors for a week, after the sanctuary witnessed sudden death of 47 birds.The dead birds, most of them Eurasian Coots, were discovered on Saturday and were
Chandigarh: Chandigarh's Sukhna Lake was cordoned off early on Thursday after a sample from a dead duck tested positive for the H5N1 (avian or bird flu) virus.Police and paramilitary personnel with masks on their faces
Seattle: U.S. officials say they've found avian influenza in wild birds in Washington state but there's no immediate public health concern.The Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday that separate strains of the H5 virus have
The Hague: An outbreak of bird flu was detected at a third Dutch poultry farm, the country's ministry of economic affairs announced on Friday.The latest outbreak occurred at a poultry farm in Kamperveen and the
Beijing, April 19: Chinese government has ordered suspension of wild bird sales in a bid to prevent spread of the H7N9 bird flu.The State forestry administration Thursday urged local authorities to beef up epidemic surveillance
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