posted on Dec, 12 2008 @ 03:36 PM
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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