Sources: Iraq records 4 bird flu deaths in Mosul city
Bird flu (representational photo).
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Four people died with an apparent bird flu infection in the city of Mosul, medical sources were quoted saying on Tuesday after earlier reports this week told of the appearance of more cases at other areas of the country.
NRTTV quoted a medical source in the city saying that al-Salam Educational Hospital in eastern Mosul recorded three deaths with the disease, while the fourth case was recorded at al-Shifa Hospital in the western region of the city.
According to the source, medical workers raised alert in the city, especially with drugs needed to counter the disease short of demand. He warned that the situation makes more deaths possible.
Sot Aliraq said one of the deceased was an Islamic State member in custody.
Last Thursday, Iraqi agriculture minister Falah Hassan declared that a poultry farm caught the infection in Babil province, days after another infection focus in Diyala province was brought under control.
Last Monday, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health confirmed the reporting about Diyala, saying that the infection killed 7250 out of 43000 birds.