Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Bird Flu Found in 2 More African Countries -- Just in April

Bird Flu Found in 2 More African Countries -- Just in April

Information about the bird flu virus H5N1 coming out of Africa is uncertain, but we know that at least 6 countries on that continent now have bird flu. We don't know what's going on in small isolated villages.

Ballwin, MO (PRWEB) May 2, 2006

[PRWEB] May 2, 2006 -- The Ivory Coast has recently reported its first confirmed cases of bird flu. Earlier this month, Burkina Faso reported confirmed cases of bird flu.

That makes at least six countries in Africa where H5N1 has spread.

According to the BBC on April 18, John Jabbour, the World Health Organization's regional health regulation officer, confirmed H5N1 cases in Sudan. But a later story from Reuters said Sudan's bird flu case was as yet unconfirmed. So Sudan's H5N1 status remains unclear.

In Burkina Faso H5N1 has been there apparently since early March. That's when the owner of a restaurant in the capital city of Ouagadougou reported to the government that all the birds he kept were dying. So it took almost a month before the bird flu there was confirmed.

"This uncertainty illustrated the difficulties in containing this virus," says Richard Stooker, author of How to Protect Yourself and Your Family From Bird Flu. "It took over a month for one country to confirm what that restaurant owner in the capital city knew, and Sudan has somehow gone from confirmed to unconfirmed."

"What's going on in small isolated villages, where most chickens are, that we don't know about?"

More information on how you can learn How to Protect Yourself and Your Family is available at the author's website and blog.

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