Bird flu

All zoos and safari parks in Uttar Pradesh have been temporarily closed as a precautionary measure following the death of a tigress, Shakti, from Avian influenza at Gorakhpur's Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Zoological Park

Yang Zhanqiu, a deputy director of the Pathogen Biology Department at Wuhan University informed that there might be a possibility of the virus spreading through respiratory droplets among the animals, just like the flu and COVID-19.

The highly contagious H5N8 strain is lethal for birds, however, it was never reported to have spread to humans.

Just as Akhilesh Yadav who could not stop playing politics over COVID-19 vaccine, SP leader IP Singh politicised the outbreak of bird flu.

Thousands of birds have died from Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, in various states of India.