As per a recent report, a child in Australia reported positive for the H5N1 virus and had a travel history to India. However, human transmission is rare and the risk remains low in people but the longer it lingers, the researchers predict it to cause the next pandemic. Check out what an expert from US anticipates New Delhi: The bird flu outbreak is being noticed in various places across the world including India.
The virus is wreaking havoc in the farms of the United States and has infiltrated six continents so far. The virus is spreading not only in animals but also in humans and mammals. As per a recent report, a child in Australia reported positive for the H5N1 virus and had a travel history to India.
However, human transmission is rare and the risk remains low in people but the longer it lingers, the researchers predict it to cause the next pandemic. Rober Redfield, the former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director in a recent report predicted that the next pandemic could be from bird flu and it is just a matter of when that will happen. Speaking with a news channel about the rising concerns for bird fly as the virus continues to spread across cow herds in the US, Redfield said, he doesn’t think it is very likely that we will at some time have a bird flu pandemic and the question is when it will take place.
He further noted that the bird flu has a significant mortality when it enters humans as compared to the COVID-19 virus. Mortality rate of Bird Flu.
