India reports this year's first bird flu death

July 21, 2021 00:07

An 11-year-old boy who was undergoing treatment for Avian Influenza has died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. This is the first bird flu death recorded in the country since the beginning of this year.

The entire staff at AIIMS, New Delhi, has been placed in isolation as a preventative measure.

According to the World Health Organisation, human cases of bird flu (Avian Influenza) occur " occasionally" but when they do happen, the mortality rate is about 60 per cent.

Bird flu outbreaks were reported across the country earlier this year, including in Haryana where experts detected the H5N8 subtype of the Avian Influenza virus. This strain is not known to infect humans.

The central government had sounded an alert when cases of bird flu were confirmed in Delhi and at least ten states, including Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Haryana. Culling of birds was carried out in large numbers across the country in a bid to counter the spread of infection.

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