WHO shows ‘great concern’ about bird flu

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WHO shows ‘great concern’ Why bird flu can evolve and begin to be transmitted from person to person. H5N1 is an influenza infection that began primarily in poultry and ducks, and to date no human-to-human transmission has been reported, but the agency was recently notified of the first case of H9N2 (a subtype of influenza other than H5N1) in humans. a creature that increases fear.

This has already been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). H9N2 casewhich took place in Vietnam April 9. It should be noted that H9N2 corresponds to a low pathogenic form of avian influenza, and H5N1 This is a highly pathogenic form of avian influenza.

A case of H9N2 in an Asian country is being studied, but the day before, WHO scientist Dr. Jeremy Farrarthey put focus on H5N1which represents big challenge for health authorities. And the virus has had an “extremely high” mortality rate among the several hundred people known to have been infected by it to date.

WHO is concerned about bird flu: experts focus on H5N1

Towards H5N1 virus outbreak between dairy cows in the USADr. Jeremy Farrar urged public health authorities to continue careful monitoring and investigation “because the virus can evolve and be transmitted in different ways.”

“Do milking facilities create aerosols for cows? Is it the environment they live in? Is it the transport system that distributes them throughout the country? serious problem and I think we need to make sure that if The H5N1 virus is transmitted from person to personlet’s go in conditions for immediate response with equitable access to vaccines, treatments and diagnostics,” said Dr Farrar.

WHO announces updated language to describe airborne pathogens

News about the H5N1 virus comes at a time when WHO announced language update For describe airborne pathogens, in an attempt to increase international cooperation in the event of a new and expected pandemic. As Dr Farrar explains, the initiative arose as a result of the Covid19 emergency and the recognition that the lack of commonly accepted terms between doctors and scientists to describe how coronavirus is transmitted has made the challenge of tackling it more difficult. .

To counter this, WHO consulted with four major public health organizations in Africa, China, Europe and the USA, before announcing agreement on a number of new agreed terms. These include “infectious respiratory particles” or “IRPs”, which should be used instead of “aerosols” and “droplets” to avoid confusion regarding the size of the particles in question.

The WHO aims to address “increasingly complex and frequent epidemics and pandemics.”

In addition to the new terminology, initiative reinforces the international community’s commitment to confronting “increasingly complex epidemics and pandemics and frequent,” Dr Farrar told reporters in Geneva. “This is a very important first step. But the next thing to do is to bring disciplines and experts together, (because) we use the same terminology, the same language, and now we need to do the science that will provide data on TB, Covid and other respiratory pathogens. so that we know how to control these infections better than we have done in the past,” he said.

For possible public health risk caused by HN51The WHO’s chief scientist has warned that Vaccine development is not ‘where it should be’. “Regional and national offices and public health authorities around the world also lack the ability to diagnose H5N1,” he noted.

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