Avian Flu Resurfaces in Hong Kong
Check out this story today from the L.A. Times. The Avian Flu virus (H5N1) is still out there and health officials believe there is still a chance of a pandemic. Hong Kong, which had been free of the virus in its poultry population for years had had to recently cull thousands of birds after an outbreak.
The map below came out in December from the World Health Organization. It shows human cases of Avian Flu for the last half of 2008. I hope that the worldwide recession won’t harm the good work being done to contain H5N1 and monitor its whereabouts.
