Bird flu is spreading rapidly in India World | DW

01/15/2021 Bangladesh, Health, World



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Poultry have not yet caught bird flu. Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said this on Thursday. Earlier this week, he banned the sale of chickens in Delhi. The Gazipur chicken market, on the border of Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi, was closed. Gazipur is the largest poultry market in Delhi. A new collection of chicken blood has been kept in the Gazipur market for the past few days. Then the sample is sent to a special laboratory. You can see that there is no bird flu virus in the body of a chicken. Later on Thursday, Kejriwal said the Gazipur market was reopening. Avian flu has yet to be found in free-range chickens.

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So far, 650 bird carcasses have been found in Delhi. Most of which are crows. There are also some winter migratory birds. Blood was drawn from the body and sent to a laboratory in Bhopal. Of these, about 450 birds were found to have samples of avian influenza. This flu is more common in poultry. Poultry are infected with this type of influenza. However, it has not yet reached poultry, the prime minister said. He said that both the seller and the buyer should be careful.

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    What is bird flu?

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    The way bird flu spreads

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    Fear of epidemics

    In reviewing past history, experts fear that the H5N1 virus could kill many people. As has been the case at least three times before. In 1918-19, H1N1 caused four million deaths, in 1958-56 H2N2 killed 2 million, and in 1968-69 H3N2 killed more than 700,000 people worldwide. .

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    Actual state

    Hopefully, bird flu hasn’t gotten worse yet.According to the World Health Organization, 750 people have been infected with bird flu since 2003. Of these, 37 people died. situation.

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    A death in Bangladesh

    So far, seven people have been infected with bird flu in Bangladesh. One of the children died last year. The Chauddagram boy in Comilla contracted the bird flu virus from the chicken at home.

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    Kill chickens

    Avian influenza was first detected in chickens in Bangladesh in 2006 At that time there were about one lakh of poultry farms across the country. Subsequently, the number of farms decreased due to the massive extermination of chickens by bird flu. Many poultry traders face financial losses

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However, the number of bird flu cases is increasing across the country. Bird flu was found in six states last Friday. Dead birds were found from different areas. A week later, 10 states contracted bird flu. The latest victim is Uttarakhand. Previously, bird flu was found in Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh. The Jaipur Zoo was closed. Because the bodies of various birds were recovered from the water’s edge.

Thousands of bird carcasses have so far been recovered in Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. Uttar Pradesh, however, said the situation was under control. Several parks in Delhi have also been closed. The top ministers of several states, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held a meeting this week to control the spread of bird flu. Modi has told everyone to act on the cowardly situation.

According to some experts, although bird flu has spread, now is not the time to panic. People have not yet had this disease. But it is important to be vigilant. To cope with the situation, almost every state has started killing sick birds.

SG / GH (PTI)



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