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| Bird Flu, again
Quote: Bird flu death alarms some Nigerians, others shrug
By Tume Ahemba
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's first human death from bird flu has jolted some people into taking chicken off the menu, but live poultry markets are still busy with buyers.
The government said on Wednesday that a 22-year-old woman died of bird flu in Lagos after handling infected chicken -- the first human fatality from the virus in sub-Saharan Africa.
"Now that someone has died, there is no more cooking of chicken in my house. One must be careful," said a fruit seller at a Lagos market who gave her name as
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Aisha Galadima, who sells frozen chicken and fish at a shop in the bustling commercial capital, said she would change her business in light of this week's news.
"How do I know chicken that are infected from those that are not? Once my stock runs out I will not replenish to be on the safe side," she said.
But at a busy chicken market in the city's Iganmu district, traders surrounded by hundreds of poultry in basket-like cages said they were not worried by the young woman's death.
"This is a seasonal problem which we are used to. Nobody is losing any sleep," said market leader Umaru Mohammed.
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Don't really know what to think about it... Bird Flu warnings seem to appear every now and then.
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