After Covid-19, avian flu… Admittedly, this flu which usually affects poultry, but which can be transmitted to horses, dogs and seals, has been known for years. However, she did not yet worry the human. Until Tuesday, April 26 and the discovery of a first case in humans, in China, contaminated with the H3N8 strain. A situation that worries for a reason that no one escapes.
If previously such an announcement might not have caused a reaction, since the lives of millions of people have been handicapped by Covid-19… everyone will take the matter seriously. What about the sick person? Is it an elderly person? From an adult? Or a child. According to the Chinese Ministry of Health, it is a 4-year-old boy who is affected by avian flu and who has been hospitalized since the beginning of April. The family of this one, according to the information transmitted by the ministry, raises chickens and lives in an area in which the ducks are very numerous.
A situation that annoys Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Despite everything, the ministry wants to be reassuring and ensures that “the risk of large-scale transmission is low” and that the case of the young patient results from a “punctual interspecies transmission”. Regarding the child’s family, tests were carried out after the discovery of his contamination with the H3N8 strain. The tests in question would not have presented “no abnormality”.
Not enough to reassure Jean-Luc Mélenchon who took over his Twitter account this Wednesday, April 27 to denounce an alarming situation. Especially since France is currently experiencing a 5th avian flu epidemic and therefore fears a situation similar to China. The ex-candidate for the 2022 presidential election taking the opportunity to demand an end to intensive farming. Whether on farms or in factories. “China observes the first case of bird flu transmission to humans. In France, 5th epidemic in progress. We must put an end to intensive farm-factory farming!!!”he asked.
See also: Zapping: Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to organize a freedom party
RF