India experienced its first confirmed human death due to bird flu this week, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has said. An eleven-year-old boy, who was also affected by leukaemia and pneumonia, was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi on July 2nd, having contracted a bird flu virus of the H5N1 strain. He tragically […]
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What can India’s history of bird flu tell us about the current outbreak?
Detection of the bird flu strains H5N1 and H5N8 amongst several states has resulted in India culling tens of thousands of poultry birds. The outbreak which officials detected over a week ago is reported to have several epicentres across states including Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh. At least six Indian states which identified the […]
Bird flu outbreaks in several states spark fears
India is witnessing bird flu outbreaks in multiple states, as the infectious disease rears its ugly head once more. Thousands of birds are to be culled to stymie the bird flu outbreaks which have resulted in numerous birds across the country dying. Two strains of bird flu – H5N1 and H5N8 – are in the […]