Bord Flu's Worldwide Expansion

 Bord Flu's Worldwide Expansion

Experts are predicting that the H5N1 avian flu virus type will cause the next major global pandemic. Even more terrifying are the fatalities it has caused among the few humans it has touched thus far.

A small number of persons in different parts of the world have been infected with the H5N1 strain thus far. Contact with diseased birds was the cause of illness in humans. Up to this point, the article shows us how the H5N1 strain has affected the world.

• Back in 1997 in Guang Dong, China, the H5N1 strain didn't get much attention. This is because, back then, it had only infected a small percentage of chickens and geese.

• In 1997, in Hong Kong, the first human case of infection was reported. Of the 17 affected individuals, 6 succumbed to the disease.

Three people were infected when it reemerged in 2003 in Vietnam. And every one of them perished eventually.

• By January 2004, ten Asian countries had been hit hard by the epidemic. From its humble beginnings in Southeast Asia, it spread to Japan, China, South Korea, and Indonesia. To ensure that this wouldn't happen to people, almost 40 million tamed birds were killed. During this period, twenty-three Vietnamese and Thai civilians lost their lives.

The countries of China and Thailand saw new outbreaks in July 2004.

• In August 2004, due to a recurrence of an infection in Malaysia, Singapore restricted poultry imports from that nation. Poultry goods from Malaysia were likewise outlawed by the European Union.

• The H5N1 strain was shown to be more lethal than previously thought in October 2004. They discovered that the infection has a near-perfect fatality rate.

• In November 2004, a group was established to investigate its potential human health impacts further. The name of the initiative was the Influenza Genome Sequencing Project.

• The H5N1 variant killed approximately 1.2 million birds in January 2005 in Vietnam, a country where the virus had already spread to 33 of 64 provinces and cities. Approximately 140 million birds perished.

• The first human case of avian flu has been reported in Cambodia, leading to increased monitoring across the nation.

In March 2005, there were two reported cases of human-to-human transmission: one in Vietnam and one in Thailand.

• Eight further cases of infection were reported in Vietnam in April 2005.

• There were 97 confirmed cases of infection and 53 fatalities in Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia in May 2005. The worst affected nation was Vietnam, with 37 fatalities and 76 infections.

• Two other victims perished in Vietnam, and the first case of infection was documented in Indonesia in July 2005.

• Western Russia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan were hit hard by the virus in August 2005. During this time, a swine virus killed 38 humans in China. Concerning WHO officials. This is due to the fact that pigs also serve as excellent hosts for the avian flu virus.

• In the fall of 2005 According to David Nabarro, the H5N1 pandemic has the potential to kill anywhere from 5 million to 150 million people. Additionally, he mentioned that the pandemic may originate in either the Middle East or Africa. Yesterday, H5N1 was detected on the African continent.

Turkey and Kuwait were the first countries to detect the H5N1 virus in 2005, in October and November, respectively.

• In December 2005, China reported its third fatality due to avian flu.

Currently, the H5N1 strain's spread can appear to be somewhat slow. Still, it's a good thing this virus isn't turning into a global epidemic just yet. The truth is that we are still in a pre-prepared world.

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