Does bird flu virus survive in warm weather for a longer time as as it survives in winter? The World Health Officials are very much concerned over the seasonal pattern to the bird flu outbreak in poultry. The latest human case in China shows that the virus may easily mutate in summers too. Virus transformation takes place always. It may become more infectious from poultry to humans and human-to-human.
York Chow, Hong Kong’s Health, Food and Welfare Secretary, says that the health officials and experts are worried about the occurrence of the bird flu cases in summers too. We are looking in the matter if virus has changed to become communicable in every condition or weather.
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