Bird Flu Spreads in Latin America, Human Cases Reported

Chile and other Latin American countries are witnessing a large spread of the bird flu virus recently, and after the first human infection with the virus appeared at the end of last March, a state of anxiety spread in these countries.

And the authorities in Chile discovered the first case of human infection with bird flu, which is the case of a 53-year-old man who showed severe symptoms of influenza.

In Colombia, the Agricultural Institute reported that 47 of the 49 bird flu hotspots that were present in seven provinces in the country had been eliminated since October last year.

According to data published by the World Health Organization ( WHO), human-to-human transmission has not been verified, and no cases have been reported in Colombia.

In Ecuador, the first human infection was recorded in February, for a 9-year-old girl, and the symptoms that afflicted humans due to bird flu ranged from no symptoms or mild symptoms to severe symptoms that lead to death.