Experts are saying that Avian Flu or Bird Flu could become Pandemic at some time in
future, and it could affect human race, The World Health Organization has recognized that there could be a problem, Governments have been urged to update all their plans for counteracting any possibility of this happening.Estimates have been made that something like 50 million deaths could be expected if this flu developed in to a strain that could be passed on by humans
Pandemic Flu, means an outbreak of a flu strain that has reached different countries that have no geographical connection. There is NO Pandemic Flu at moment but authorities are concerned about an outbreak of a virus in South East Asia that has killed a number of people.
The flu has been seen for some time in birds, especially Chickens, which has led to millions of birds being killed, The strain involved is H5N1 and has been found in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, only a small number of people have so far died and it would appear that they almost all, had contact with birds.
The virus moves easily between birds, and sometimes it has obviously passed to humans, but at this stage it does not appear to have ability to transfer from Human to Human, but that is not to say that sometime in future virus could not mutate, so that it can transfer easily.
The figures that are forecast are based usually on previous Pandemic Viruses that have hit world, so it really could be anyone’s guess. The people most at risk would normally of course be weak elderly and very young, but this kind of virus would be unpredictable, so it could affect healthy people just as much.
