Iraq - 5 suspected avian influenza patients hospitalized in Ninevah - December 8, 2019 - denied

[sharon sanders]

12/08/2019 09:56:42

Shafaq News /
Hospitals in Nineveh Governorate, today, Sunday, suspected the presence of bird flu patients for a number of patients.
A health official told Shafaq News that the governorate's hospitals have so far suspected five cases of bird flu.
He added that the condition of one of the patients is serious.
The disease (bird flu) can be transmitted to humans, and may cause deaths, and Iraq recorded in previous years several cases of the disease.
Infected birds cannot be treated, and medical personnel simply burn and bury them at specific depths under the ground.
The spread of the disease usually causes great economic losses to the chicken breeder.

https://www.shafaaq.com/ar/مجتـمع/الاشتباه-باصابات-بانفلونزا-الطيور-في-نينوى/

 

[sharon sanders]

Today, Sunday, the Nineveh Governorate Health Department denied the presence of bird flu cases in the governorate's hospitals.

The director of Nineveh Health, Dr. Jasim Al-Maamari, told (Basnews): “It is absolutely true that there are people with bird flu virus in Mosul’s hospitals. the disease".

The architect pointed out that "there are cases of people infected with the natural flu virus, and this virus is a natural thing that happens with all citizens in the winter."

https://iraqakhbar.com/2127665