CHINA AND BHUTAN DEAL WITH FRESH AVIAN FLU OUTBREAKS
May 1st, 2012
BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI; AND TENZING LAMSANG, IN THIMPHU, BHUTAN
THE CHINESE government is fighting to contain a fresh outbreak of avian flu virus H5N1 in central China farms, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Cases have been increasing since January, and Beijing has been reassuring meat consumers there is no risk to their health: "The H5N1 virus is only contagious among animals. So it can cause sporadic cases among human beings, not widespread epidemics," said Li Dexin, head of Chinese Centre for Disease Control and ...
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