H5n1 bird flu: Reports of bird flu have been coming out in America for the last several days. The American CDC (Disease Control and Prevention Center) said in a regular flu update that two people in Wayoming and Ohio have been hospitalized due to H5N1 bird flu. The patient of Ohio has been discharged and the patient of Vyoming is still in the hospital. The report said that both patients had problems in breathing.
H5N1 can be very severe
Angela Rasmusen, an virist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute of Suscchewan University, said, “This suggests that H5N1 can be very serious and we should not take it lightly.” “I am more concerned about the H5N1 infection in patients who are being treated in a hospital where there are many flu patients.”
Let us tell you that bird flu is considered one of the worst seasonal flu outbreaks in 15 years.
Infection due to poultry
A statement issued by the Vyoming Health Department said that an elderly woman from Plat County of Vyoming was admitted to one hospital in another state. Their health conditions are due to which people can be more sensitive to getting sick. CDC The report claimed that the woman was infected while doing the poultry rearing. Then his H5N1 test came positive. On the other hand, Ohio Health Department said in a statement that a person was positively tested for H5N1 due to a person poultry in Ohio’s Mercer County.
So far, 70 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed in the United States. This was first seen in a cow last year.
