What you need to know about Avian Influenza or Bird Flu
“This is what happens just before we have major pandemics,” Prof Chris Dye from Oxford University told Sun Health.
While the patient is believed to have had no contact with farms, they were exposed to dogs, cats, and reptiles. The virus’s rapid spread could create more opportunities for it to mutate, increasing the risk of it jumping between humans.killed 1 in 1,000 people, but bird flu is far deadlier, with some estimates suggesting a fatality rate of up more than 50 per cent.
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