Avian influenza continues to deteriorate in Europe and Asia

On October 25, Indonesia confirmed that another resident of the country died from the H5N1 virus. Meanwhile, China also said hundreds of farmed geese died of bird flu.

Destroying chickens in Greece near areas with chickens infected with bird flu

The Indonesian Ministry of Health today said the test results confirmed that the man who died last September gave a positive result for bird flu. A total of 7 people in the country were confirmed to be infected with H5N1.

Hariadi Wibisono, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, said three survivors, including two relatives, were both in direct contact with dead poultry.

The deadly H5N1 virus that has previously appeared in Asia is also spreading rapidly to the West. Russia confirmed that it had more cases of bird flu yesterday, adding to concerns that diseases could spread across Europe on the path of migrating birds.

The European Union today is also ready to ban imports of all birds and wild birds raised after a British parrot died of the H5N1 virus. More birds and dead chickens have been discovered and have been tested in Germany, Croatia, Hungary and Portugal, making the number of suspected bird cases doubling.

Migratory birds are thought to have brought bird flu to Europe

Migratory birds are thought to have brought bird flu to Europe

In China, the most recent outbreak in eastern Anhui province killed hundreds of farmed geese, according to Noureddin Mona of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). He said China's Ministry of Agriculture yesterday said he had 2,100 infected poultry, 550 died and 45,000 others were destroyed to prevent spreading the disease.

Jacques Diouf, head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, said the world needs to focus on Asia and prevent viruses from spreading between birds and poultry. According to him, FAO needs $ 175 million for bird flu control plans and has received a promise of $ 30 million in aid but has not yet received any money!

T.VY (According to Reuters)