Thursday, November 17, 2005

Bird Flu News

China has first bird flu fatality: A woman in the eastern province of Anhui died after being infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the health ministry said.

China to vaccinate 14bn poultry: China has vowed to vaccinate all of its estimated 14 billion poultry to contain the spread of bird flu.

Can China cope with bird flu?: China has announced its first human death from bird flu, raising renewed fears about the possible spread of the disease among birds and humans.

1 comment:

Patrick said...

Hm, this is bad news, what will happen when there will be human-to-human infection?! There's a big chance that the borders will be closed. Let's hope not! We already have to wait for such a long time for our child, now it can even become much longer! :(
I just hope that it will not escalate...