Avian flu: continues to spread

On March 21, the Pakistani government confirmed its first two outbreaks. Malaysia announced the discovery of a third outbreak within a week. Earlier, Egypt reported a third case of human avian flu.

Health workers kill chickens on a farm in Charsadda, Pakistan (Photo: TTO) Pakistan's Ministry of Agriculture said tests of samples taken in Britain confirmed the existence of the H5N1 virus on two farms. Charsadda and Abbottabad, northwest of this country (discovered last month). About 25,000 poultry were killed. Since last week, Pakistani authorities have banned the import of poultry from India and Iran, two neighboring countries have detected H5N1 virus on many farms.

Earlier, on March 20, the Malaysian government announced the discovery of a third outbreak within a week. Accordingly, six dead birds carry H5N1 in Permatang Bagak village, Penang state, northern Malaysia. A medical team was taken to the village to kill all poultry in the area.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-old Egyptian woman became the third victim of the H5N1 virus. The victim has chickens and has just slaughtered chickens. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Health, the patient's condition was stable. The second infection was a 30-year-old man working at a chicken farm in the northern province of Qalyoubya.

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