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The Kingdom reported the outbreak to the World Organization for Animal Health.
Vast wealth and the promise of dramatic change make for cautious optimism concerning Saudi Arabia, the chief executive…
2232 Views | the publication reaches you by | Saudi Arabia TodayThe disease has killed more than 22,000 birds, with another 385,000 slated for termination out of precaution. The last outbreak occurred in July 2018.
Previously, the H5N8 strain of bird flu was considered not particularly dangerous for humans. However, it has recently been declared to have become more pathogenic.
On Tuesday, Vietnam was also struck with a case of bird flu, with another strain H5N6.
As of today, China is struggling to contain the coronavirus, which originated in the city of Wuhan. It is slated that more than 20,000 people globally have been infected by the virus.
On February 1st, China also reported an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu – detected in its Hunan province. H561 is significantly more deadly than the coronavirus.
Of those that contract H5N1 – nearly 60 per cent die, compared to the Wuhan virus which has a mortality rate of 2 per cent.
150 take part through Watani Al Emarat via the ‘Your City Needs You’ initiative Over 150 volunteers –…
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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the seven Arab states which border the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This excludes the non-Arab state of Iran. All of these nations except Iraq are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
