Avian pox spread to UK by insects. By Lim Kay Kiat

A new virus which affects many birds has been spreading rapidly in the United Kingdoms. This deadly virus has caused many birds to die. The cause of the spread is currently unknown, but scientists suspect that an insect like the mosquito could be responsible for this viral outbreak. However, scientists have also found that some birds were able to recover from this virus.
In my opinion, I think that this virus is very dangerous as If huge numbers of one species of birds are to die from this virus, they could very likely face a huge drop in their numbers or even extinction. Furthermore, this virus is a different from the one found in Europe. This shows that this virus mutates quickly and could pose a huge threat as the virus would quickly mutate to obsolete vaccines. In my opinion, I think that environmental agencies world wide should put in measures to increase the people's awareness of this virus so that people would report sightings of birds with this virus. This will in turn greatly decrease the number of birds with this virus and thus reducecing the speed in at which the virus is spreading. Furthermore I think that if this virus is not properly taken care of, it might mutate to infect humans like the bird flu virus.
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