Bird flu to Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has just become the latest bird flu epidemic, while Nigeria is showing signs of spreading. China and Indonesia, each country has one more woman to die. It seems that the H5N1 virus does not ignore any loopholes in the defense barrier of the world.

Nigerian police are preparing to destroy 168 bird flu ostriches at Sambawa farm, Kaduna state. (Photo: AFP, VNE) The spread of bird flu will create more conditions for mutated viruses to become easily spread from person to person and blow out a pandemic. "Nobody knows when that mutation will happen, where it appears and how dangerous the new virus will be , " so it needs to maintain a high alert, said Dr. David Nabarro, head of the bird flu group. The United Nations said.

The Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan said that the laboratory in the UK has confirmed the H5N1 virus in the mallards and swans on the Absheron Peninsula . The government immediately asked people to avoid contact with poultry and not to keep poultry in contact with wild birds. Azerbaijan has a common border with Turkey, where 4 children died after bird flu infection .

Meanwhile, international experts urged Nigeria to invest more in the fight against disease, when there were five farms infected with the virus. One of the urgent things is to know the way to the West Africa of bird flu. Currently, people are analyzing virus samples from a translation point in Kaduna and will compare them with viruses in other countries. The World Veterinary Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization also called on Nigeria to close poultry markets in the epidemic. The World Health Organization requires officials to participate in the polio vaccination program for Nigerian children from today, should watch for more abnormal deaths from pneumonia - a sign of bird flu potential.

At this time, WHO is also investigating the cause of death of new patients in China and Indonesia. If true, this is the 17th death in Indonesia and 8th in China. It is noteworthy that victims in China were found in areas where there was no disease in poultry.

My Linh (according to AP)