Steel noted earlier that the disease has been detected in Africa.
That isn't good news given healthcare logistics.
Nigeria announced Wednesday that Africa's first confirmed case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu -- which can be fatal to humans -- had been found in Sambawa Farm in Kaduna State, 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Abuja.
The disease in Kano "is spreading like wildfire," Haruna told AFP.
"We have 20,000 new infections reported today, bringing the figure for infected birds to 80,000. What worsens the situation is the movement of infected poultry, in a frantic effort to minimise losses," he said.
It is possible Nigerian patient zero was at the hajj. If so, beaucoup crap coming our way.
Posted by: sigmund, carl and alfred | Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 11:06 PM