The H5N1 strain was confirmed to have infected two pelicans, Chile's Ministry of Agriculture made known on its website, specifying that one case was detected in Iquique and a second in Andofagasta.
A day earlier, the detection of the first case was announced, and that in a seabird.
Other countries in the region (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia) have also detected cases. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the problem is that it is the migratory season and birds from North America, which carry the virus, are arriving in the region.
The disease is also very often transmitted to farmed birds.[/B] However, yesterday the Chilean government stressed that no cases have been confirmed in a poultry farm.
The initial outbreak of bird flu in the Americas was detected in Canada last year. In January, the virus was detected in the US, where it hit the poultry industry.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently expressed grave concern about the spread of the disease, for which there is no cure and which has a very high mortality rate in both wild and farmed birds.
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