In a previous blog entry, I expressed doubt about how serious the spread of Asian bird flu might turn to be. Is it really the beginning of a pandemic, or are we just too jumpy nowadays?
I may have to eat my words. The BBC has created an excellent interactive map showing the location and number of infected birds and humans over the past two years. From a few cases in Indochina, the disease has spread, though not exactly like wildfire, into northern Iraq, Turkey and Croatia.
True to form, the BBC has done a terrific job covering the spread of bird flu in the Beeb’s usual calm, thorough approach. Well worth a visit.
our village is always visited by migratory birds coming from other countries. we are advised no to get near them because they might be carrying the Bird Flu virus.