Unscathed by the past bird flu in Jhapa, Nepal, Kathmandu reports first case of birdflu in the Capital. News from Rajhdani Daily reports a poultry sample of Chabahil has been supposed to carry Avian Influenza virus. For further confirmation, the sample has been sent to London. If the result comes positive, the government will order all poultry in the town as well as other areas within 3 km of it to be culled declaring Kathmandu as a quarantine area.
Nepal had reported the first outbreak of the deadly poultry disease, declaring an eastern town adjoining the Indian border quarantined area. The contamination is likely to have come from India.
To keep the disease from spreading, the government has to order the district administration not to allow the transportation of poultry within 10 km of the quarantined town.
Since 1997, the infection has also been reported in humans, especially people who have regular contact with infected birds.
Symptoms of avian influenza in humans range from fever, cough, sore throat, and muscle aches to eye infections, pneumonia, and other severe and life-threatening complications.
According to the World Health Organisation, nearly 250 people have been killed due to bird flu since 2003.
BirdFlu in Human
A possibility that a Poultry Farmer has suffered from this disease has come forth. Santosh Dahal, a poultry farmer from Damak jhapa has been reported to be suffering from BirdFlu by examination of the symtoms though the clinical report has yet not arrived.