Avian Influenza (H5N8) found again in India

(CoVid fail in India since everyone take HCQ already. Now what are they releasing on people?)

With avian influenza (bird flu H5N8) being detected among ducks at four places in Alappuzha district, the authorities have decided to cull birds within the 1-km radius of infected areas.

Although the Animal Husbandry Department collected samples from six places in the district and sent it to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, for analysis, only four samples tested positive for bird flu. This is the third outbreak of avian influenza in the district in the past seven years. In 2014, thousands of ducks died/culled in the region following a highly infectious bird flu outbreak caused by H5N1 virus. Two years later avian influenza caused by the H5N8 virus was detected among ducks in Kuttanad.

Meanwhile, the Health Department has launched a survey in and around the infected areas. People are being checked for fever and other ailments. The department has urged the people to maintain caution in view of the outbreak. Officials said that the H5N8 virus did not usually infect human beings.However, mutations might occur and the virus could be transmitted to human beings, officials warned.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/birds-in-1-km-radius-of-bird-flu-hotspots-to-be-culled/article33495110.ece