Global Spread Of Bord Flu

The HN strain of bird flu virus is what scientists expect to be the next big worldwide pandemic to hit. What are scaring them more are the deadly effects it has had on some of the few human victims it has so far affected. The HN strain has so far hit a handful people in various areas of the world. The affected people were those that came in contact with infected birds. This article shows us the global affect of the HN strain so far. The HN strain attracted very little attention way back in at Guang Dong China. This is because it had affected very few geese and poultry at the time. The first case of infected humans was reported on at Hong Kong. of the people infected died. It once reemerged on at Vietnam infecting three people. All of which died. The outbreak became more prevalent during January , affecting Asian countries. It started out in Vietnam and Thailand, eventually finding its way to South Korea, Indonesia, Japan and China. Over million domesticated birds were slaughtered to prevent affecting humans. During this time people from Vietnam and Thailand died. On July fresh outbreaks once again happened at China and Thailand. During august , Singapore banned poultry from Malaysia because a place in their country was infected again. The EU also banned all poultry products from Malaysia. During October , scientist discovered that the HN strain is deadlier than once believed. They found out that the mortality rate of those infected is around %. November a team was created to further study the effects it could cause on humans. The project was called the Influenza Genome Sequencing Project. January , nearly . million poultry were killed at Vietnam because out cities and provinces have been hit by the HN strain. The number of birds that died ranged up to million. Cambodia is hit with the first human bird flu victim, making surveillance at the country stricter. There have been isolated cases of human to human transfer on Vietnam and Thailand during the period of March . Eight more people have been detected infected on April at Vietnam. On May , reports were given that people were infected, of whom died at Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. Vietnam being the country most hit with infected and deaths. The first infected victim was reported on Indonesia on July and more died at Vietnam. The virus later spread during August reaching Kazakhstan, Mongolia and western Russia. During this period people died at China from a swine virus. Making officials from WHO worried. This is because pigs are great breeding grounds for bird flu virus as well. September David Nabarro informed people that the outbreak of the HN could kill to million people. He also said that the outbreak could start in Africa or the Middle East. As of yesterday, HN has been found on Africa. As of October and November the HN strain has been found at Turkey and Kuwait respectively. China reports its third death from the bird flu on December . The spread of the HN strain as of now may seem slow. But we should really be thankful that this virus is not yet becoming a pandemic. Because in reality the world is not yet ready.