Monday, December 24, 2007
ISLAMABAD: World Health Organization has said that at present there is no danger of bird flu epidemic in Pakistan and no new case of the virus has emerged in the last two weeks in the country.
Who team has completed their initial investigations of the virus in Pakistan. These teams were sent to Abbottbad and Mansehra after two brothers died of the virus in Mansehra and the virus was confirmed in six others.
This is the first time the virus was confirmed amongst humans in Pakistan.
Senior official of WHO team Dr David after completing preliminary investigations has said that there have been isolated cases of the virus in humans in Pakistan however since no new case has come forward in two weeks therefore there is no immediate danger of an epidemic. He said that the last case of the virus was reported on December 6 and the tests of the suspected patients were sent to laboratory, which returned positive.
These samples were also sent to WHO labs for reconfirmation.
WHO investigative team has expressed its satisfaction over the preventive measures taken by the government of Pakistan.
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