Bird flu: ‘If the virus mutates, there will be an epidemic’

Due to the increasing number of sea lions and dead or diseased birds on the coast of Mar del Plata, health authorities reiterated to the public not to approach beach areas or touch inanimate or dying animals to prevent the spread of disease from humans.This has been highlighted over the past few hours at 0223 Jose Luis Capro

referring to Zoonoses in the Eighth Health Zone of the Province of Buenos Aires, he asserts: “Dead or symptomatic sea lions or birds are not tourist attractions”.

The expert stressed that people must avoid taking pets to the beach or within 20 meters of samples affected by the disease. “So far we have had no cases of bird flu in humans and we will do our best to avoid them because If the virus mutates, we’ll have a pandemic

‘, he reminded.

Capulo emphasized that the effectiveness of such measures was illustrated by the outbreak in Chile last February that killed nearly 4,000 wolves and only one case occurred in humans due to close contact.

last week, Nearly fifty furry sea lions look lifeless in Mar del Plata, Because of bird flu.In light of this measure, the Port Alliance has decided to Closure of access to South Breakwater In order to avoid the spread of disease, the quarantine period of traditional fisherman’s banks was extended.In addition, the National Agricultural Products Health and Quality Service (Senasa) has published Action plan for detection of dead or diseased marine specimens.