Abstract

The article discusses about avian flu disease caused by the virus H5N1, which was detected in a few samples of poultry in the Surat district of Gujarat, India. The United Nations Food and Agriculture organization reported that 180 million birds had died. The first case of bird flu infecting humans was reported in Hong Kong in 1997. Health experts believe that if the virus mutates to a more dangerous form, it would lead to a global pandemic of enormous proportions. The Indian government incurred a loss of Rs. 50 billion in order to control the spread of bird flu. The article also discusses about pharma companies, gearing up to supply drugs. It concludes with a discussion on the Indian Government embarking on a damage control exercise in order to control bird flu and also the poultry experts conveying that India’s focus should be on Research & Development so that such outbreaks could be avoided in future.

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