H7N9 Bird Flu Pandemic Fears Mount Amid Mutation Warning By Chinese Scientists

The H7N9 bird flu strain is mutating and is now reportedly being spread from chicken flocks to duck flocks. Agriculture researchers reportedly feel that the H7N9 mutation poses a “bigger threat” to “humanity” than the former strain. Recent avian flu concerns regarding chicken, duck, and turkey flocks have left some citizens with pandemic concerns.

The H7N9 bird flu strain first presented in China in 2013. Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have stated that unless significant and drastic measures are taken to eradicate the bird flu strain, the virus will mutate further. Click here to read more about the H7N9 bird flu mutations and mounting pandemic fears.