Detection of bird flu in many countries

After more than a week of seemingly ' silent silence ', bird flu began to worry again after Laos reported the first suspected human avian flu, while Turkey also reported the discovery of the virus. H5N1 in the southeastern city of Batman.

Bird flu has just been discovered in many countries (Photo: AP)

Information from the Lao Ministry of Health released today (February 26) said the patient was a 15-year-old girl from Vientiane City, hospitalized on February 15 with symptoms of headache, fever and cough. Initial tests in Thailand showed that the girl was infected with avian influenza H5 strain.

The patient is continuing to be examined and treated in Thailand. According to the patient's family, before she fell ill, she did not contact dead birds. Lao health officials are currently working closely with Thai colleagues to monitor this case.

Laos is currently taking a number of concrete measures, including calling on the international community for technical and financial assistance, to deal with bird flu, which has just broke out in poultry in the country's capital city. 2 weeks ago.

* Also today, Turkish health officials discovered many cases of bird flu in a town near Batman city and immediately took many measures to prevent the spread of disease, including measures to kill about 8,000 poultry in the area.

* In Kuwait , the Ministry of Health has just confirmed the detection of H5N1 virus at a zoo and a ranch in the south of the country. This is the first case of bird flu in Kuwait within 2 years.

According to Ahmed Al-Shattil, a Ministry of Health official, they banned the transport of live birds and closed the bird sanctuary at the zoo - where the H5N1 virus was found.

* Swiss authorities said they did not rule out the possibility of more bird flu cases since the virus was discovered a year ago.

* In another development, a group of Indonesian veterinarians from the Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java said they had successfully developed a new disinfectant that could kill the avian influenza virus immediately upon contact.

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