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3. True or False

Read the interview again, and decide whether the following sentences
are true or false.

a. Bird flu is not as lethal to humans as to the birds.

b. Nearly 60% of the total deaths in the world have been caused by
bird flu.

c. During 2011 Nepal had only the shadows of infected flying birds.

d. Consumption of well cooked chicken does not transmit H5N1
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virus to humans.

e. All kinds of fever blended with sore throat are not the symptoms of
bird flu.

f. PPE as mentioned in the interview should be used while
consuming poultry.

4. Read and Answer

Read the interview once again, and answer the questions below.

a. What is bird flu? When was it first detected among humans?

b. Who are most prone to get bird flu virus, according to the doctor?

c. Mention any two possible ways humans can get infected by the
avian influenza?

d. What are some of the indications that one is infected with the bird
flu?

e. Which of the precautions, as mentioned by the doctor, do you
usually adopt? Why?

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