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Amid Corona Virus Outbreak, China Faces Threat of Bird Influenza (H5N1)

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  Jakarta - Chine, Not finished facing the corona virus outbreak, China must again confront the threat of the bird flu virus. China's Ministry of Agriculture on Monday (3/2/2020) reported the emergence of H5N1 cases in Shayong City, Hunan Province. The virus was detected at the farm with 7,850 chickens. Reportedly, more than half of the chickens have died, but there have been no cases of infection in humans. "Local authorities have destroyed 17,828 chickens in response to this outbreak," Reuters wrote and was quoted on Monday (3/2/2020). Also read: Not yet finished Corona Virus, China Reports the Emergence of H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Hunan Province is located south of the border of Hubei Province, the location of the Corona virus outbreak. South China Morning Post (SCMP) said this would increasingly burden the task of health workers. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the H5N1 bird flu virus is very dangerous for humans because of the high mortality rate. H...

China is setting up a new hospital for Corona

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Jakarta - China is setting up a new hospital in the city center for a coronavirus novel outbreak, as the number of infected people continues to grow. To date more than 17,000 cases have been confirmed, and the death rate has reached 361. One case of death was also found outside of China, namely in the Philippines. Previously, China had built Huoshenshan Hospital which prepared 1,000 beds for patients, and the hospital was built in only eight days. But unfortunately because the patient continues to grow, the officers overwhelmed in handling their patients. Even some of them are willing to use diapers, because they have no time to urinate into the bathroom. Also read: Regarding the Condition of Quarantine Places of Indonesian Citizens in Wuhan, Ministry of Health Responsible Cibiran Netizens Quoting from the BBC, as many as 1,400 Chinese army medical staff are prepared to help patients in new hospitals. Some of them are experienced in dealing with coronavirus novel (2019-nCoV). The s...