Published: April 16, 2013 | 12:14 GMT
Corbis
The new avian flu virus, H7N9, could pose a greater threat than its predecessor, H5N1, since it is able to adapt to transmit among humans. Hence the pandemic threat that worries experts.
The microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, Ho Pak-leung, became the foremost expert on publicly express the fears of a pandemic, says the newspaper "South China Morning Post. It reminds us that the H7N9 virus emerged last March and has already infected more people than the H5N1 virus in the last 10 years (63 to 45 infected with H7N9 victims of H5N1 in China).The H5N1 never affected many provinces at the same time "Ho is concerned about the latest news from Beijing, where they discovered the virus in a four year old despite not showing any symptoms of flu. It is a "red flag" for a pandemic, said the expert. The patient is under medical observation at the hospital after coming in contact with the first infected in Beijing, a seven year old. Doctors have managed to save his life. The H7N9 that is also recorded in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui, and Shanghai, where applicable , has already claimed the lives of 14 people. "The H5N1 never affected many provinces at the same time," said Ho.
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