# 1351
My ISP picked a bad day to get flaky. While I've been twiddling my thumbs, waiting to get back online, news of two bird flu deaths out of Pakistan has appeared.
A Hat Tip to Crof at Crofsblog for capturing this important story.
Bird Flu claims 2 lives in Mansera
ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the history of Pakistan, Bird Flu influenza has been confirmed among human beings after two brothers died at a local hospital in Peshawar.
According to spokesman of Health Ministry, two brothers Muhammad Ilyas and Tariq working in a poultry farm in Mansera suffered flu, few days back that later turned to be critical in the form of Bird Flu influenza (H5N1).
They were admitted to a local hospital in Peshawar where on Monday they died.
After the blood samples of both the brothers were sent for formal testing in Laboratory, it was found that both brothers died due to Bird Flu virus (H5N1).
It is merit-mentioning that this is the first case of human loss in the history of Pakistan where a person died due to Bird Flu.
On the other hand, spokesman of Health Ministry confirmed the death due to Bird Flu adding both the brothers were working in a Poultry farm in Mansera and had direct link with the chickens that resulted in the transformation of the virus (H5N1).
It may be recalled that 208 people lost their lives around the world due to virus (H5NI). Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine, China, Vietnam, Egypt and South Asian Estates are among the bird flu affected countries.
This appears to be related to the story I ran two days ago which featured an article from The Post, that stated:
Two ‘bird flu’ deaths sound alarm bells ringing
Muhammad Kabir
ISLAMABAD: Three suspected cases of human-to-human transmission of bird flu virus have been detected in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), sources told The Post on Monday.
Of these three cases, two people died and the Ministry of Health has collected samples to determine the cause of their deaths.
The link to this older story no longer appears to be valid.
No mention in this latest article of the third patient, mentioned above. Obviously more detail would be helpful, including dates of onset of illness.
