Bird flu danger limited

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in early March that the H5N1 avian influenza virus ('bird flu' virus), while being highly infectious among poultry, is not easily transmissible to humans.

The WHO says that, since the beginning of February 2006, the virus has spread to affect wild or domestic birds in 17 new countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

However, the WHO's public health experts confirm that when poultry products are safely handled and properly cooked, humans are not at risk of acquiring H5N1 infection through food.

Since December 2003, this virus is known to have infected 173 people, of whom 93 have died but not one of these cases has been linked to the

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