Delhi government says there is no threat to human beings due to the bird flu. Development Minister Gopal Rai said the strain of the virus is less ineffective.
Rai said in New Delhi yesterday that the H5N8 virus were found in the samples of three of eight birds which had died recently at the Delhi zoo, and not the H5N1 virus, which are more infective and dangerous.
The Minister said, there is no need to panic as all measures are in place to deal with the situation. He, however, said H5N8 poses threat to birds as it affects them directly. So far, 24 birds have died at different places, which include 11 ducks at Deer Park, since 14th of October.
A senior government official said there is no threat if a person eats properly-cooked chicken as virus cannot survive high temperature.