Ministry warns about risk of H7N9 virus spread Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  A customer carries a chicken bought from a poultry market in As the H7N9 avian influenza virus that has killed 60 people in By February 4, the H7N9 flu virus had affected 286 people in According to epidemic investigations, about 70 percent of the deceased had contacted poultry, Phu said. Some poultry samples tested positive for the H7N9 virus in the Chinese Meanwhile, the number of people contracting the virus has also increased in In face of such a situation, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the two Vietnamese ministries of Health, and Agriculture and Rural Development have issued a joint communiqué about the epidemic, confirming that the risk of infection in both humans and poultry is on the rise. WHO has recommended that people avoid traveling to any areas where the H7N9 bird flu is raging. Regarding the possible spread of the H7N9 bird flu from Meanwhile, the trade of poultry between the two countries via their border has not been controlled well, he said. In related developments, the total number of suspected cases of avian influenza reported in An H5N8 strain of bird flu has been confirmed in 40 of these cases, up from 27 on February 1, the South Korean health authorities reported. Health officials here have said the H5N8 strain of bird flu poses no immediate threats to humans. They added that no human infection of the strain was reported so far. TUOITRENEWS |
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