It is people who spread avian influenza

Migratory birds are not the main factor causing bird flu spread to the global scope. The statement has just been made by UN experts in stark contrast to previous statements.

Dr. Vincent Martin, of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), affirmed the main reason that the bird flu virus spread rapidly from one country to another is due to the trade of live poultry and household products. hold. According to Marco Barbieri, the UN Environment Program official, even people with migratory bird flu have played a bigger role than migrating birds in spreading the H5N1 virus.

Mr. Barbieri identified inaccurate information about migratory birds spreading avian influenza viruses that led to misleading policies such as destroying migratory birds, destroying the ecological environment of migratory birds in lagoon areas muddy.

Health workers disinfect passenger ferry during Hong Kong's avian flu rehearsal on 1 November (photo courtesy of Reuters, TTO)

* Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the Fujian virus ' H5N1 ', a new strain of avian influenza virus, is resistant to current vaccines, does not change to the extent that it can be easily spread. spread from person to person. WHO called on the Chinese government to share samples of the H5N1 virus in order to soon prevent vaccine production.

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