INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 8
After a death due to bird flu was made public, demand for poultry products has come down.
However, Sher Bahadur Pun,
coordinator of clinical research unit at Teku-based Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, has reguaranteed the public that bird
flu virus deosn&t spread if properly cooked chicken and eggs are consumed.
He said since the bird flu victim died more than a month ago, the
virus was unlikely to spread from person to person.
Pun said, &Poultry products can be consumed without any fear after cooking them at a
moodature of up to 70 degrees Celsius.&
He, however, cautioned people working in poultry farms, those transporting poultry products,
butchers and their helpers to take precautions, as they were always in shut contact with poultry and poultry products
Pun claimed that poultry diagnosed with the virus had already been culled.
