Although it does not easily infect humans, every time it does the chance increases of it mutating into a form more readily transferred between people. The most severe flu pandemic was in It killed an estimated 50 million people around the world. Britain faces 75, deaths in bird flu pandemic, Lords report predicts. Read the full Lords report PDF. Bird flu virus. H7N8 in U. H7N2 in cats in U. H7N9 in Get Email Updates. The strain poses a low risk to people and is highly lethal to wild birds and poultry.
The second strain found is H5N1 in ducks in Kerala and migratory birds in Himachal. It is highly infectious and causes severe respiratory disease in birds.
In addition, bird flu deaths have also been reported from Haryana and Uttarakhand. In Rajasthan, Section was imposed in a 1km radius of infected areas in Jhalawar and Baran districts. In Kerala, Kottayam and Alappuzha districts close to 38, ducks have been culled. Nearly species of birds, from the northern wheatear to yellow-rumped flycatcher — crisscross India from Europe, Russia and Mongolia each year, according to BNHS. This time, the disease has come from Siberia, Mangolia, China and some other Central Asian countries.
To control avian influenza, France would cull around , poultry birds. In Germany, about 62, turkeys and ducks will be slaughtered after being hit by H5N8 bird flu. No human infection has been reported in India so far. Of these cases, were fatal. The first case of humans having contracted bird flu came after an outbreak in a live bird market of Hong Kong in There is concern that the information could be misused by terrorists. July 31, - Scientists announce that H3N8 , a new strain of avian flu, caused the death of more than baby seals in New England in March 31, - Chinese authorities report the first human cases of infection of avian flu H7N9 to the World Health Organization.
H7N9 has not previously been detected in humans. December 6, - A year-old woman infected with H10N8 dies in China, the first human fatality from this strain. January 8, - Canadian health officials confirm that a resident from Alberta has died from H5N1 avian flu, the first case of the virus in North America.
It is also the first case of H5N1 infection ever imported by a traveler into a country where the virus is not present in poultry. April 20, - Officials say more than five million hens will be euthanized after bird flu was detected at a commercial laying facility in northwest Iowa.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, close to eight million cases of bird flu have been detected in 13 states since December. Health officials say there is little to no risk for transmission to humans with respect to H5N2.
No human infections with the virus have ever been detected. The flock is estimated to contain around 10, birds.
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