Avian Flu Update [H5N1]
Two sisters in Vietnam have died after contracting the deadly bird flu virus — possibly from their brother — marking the first human-to-human transmissions recorded in the current epidemic, the U.N.’s health agency said Sunday.
While the source of infection for the two sisters cannot be conclusively identified, the World Health Organization said it “considers that limited human-to-human transmission, from the brother to the sisters, is one possible explanation.”
The deaths brought to 10 the number of people known to have died after the virus, which has decimated poultry flocks across Asia, made the leap to humans.
I wish, just for once, these countries in question would take the initiative and ADMIT there is a problem. Maybe if they did, less people would die.
China has set up a national command headquarters to fight the spread of bird flu but controlling the disease is particularly worrisome for health experts because nearly four out of five chickens, ducks and other fowl are raised on household farms, where peasants live in close proximity with their animals.
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