Bird Flu Races Across Asia As Fears Of A 21st Century Pandemic Rise

Bird flu seems to become a bigger problem each year, but this year in particular it is hitting Asia early and it is hitting it hard. In particular, India is on the verge of a bird flu panic as rumors of human to human bird flu transmission spread.

Health authorities in Assam have placed 300,000 people under surveillance in areas where the bird flu has been spreading among poultry. Reports indicate that 150 people are suffering from fever and upper respiratory infections.

The bird flu virus has spread rapidly among poultry across six Assam districts. Authorities are claiming that the bird flu has now reached "epidemic" proportions among the birds of that area. More than 250,000 poultry have been slaughtered in the past two weeks in Assam and an estimated 150,000 more birds have been ordered to be killed.

India has been hoping that the bird flu would be more under control this season. The World Health Organization described the January 2008 outbreak of the bird flu in neighboring West Bengal state, when more than 4 million birds were killed, as the worst bird flu outbreak ever in India.

However, it is not just India that is having massive problems with the bird flu. The disease is causing headlines all over Asia:

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Nobody is concerned about the coming bird flu pandemic?

I am. it is just a matter of time before it reaches us. Think it would be a good way for the government to declare martial law in a contaminated area. Nobody would argue with them if they did.

Originally posted by MandM
Nobody is concerned about the coming bird flu pandemic?

Has it reached epidemic proportions?

This is not a one liner. Or.... Is it...???...

WHO is on top of it !

It appears Ebola and Cholera are bigger problems now.




[edit on 31-12-2008 by venividivici]

[edit on 31-12-2008 by venividivici]

China issues bird flu alert after woman dies

YANJIAO, China (Reuters) - China issued a bird flu alert on Wednesday after a woman died of the virus, the first such death in the country in almost a year, and closed poultry markets for disinfecting in a province surrounding Beijing.

They say it's an isolated case. I wouldn't worry too much about it yet, we all know it's coming, just a matter of waiting until that chart above starts to fill up.