The H1N1 virus flu currently scattering in the country was not bird or swine flu as inaccurately stated in some media reports, the Department of Animal Production and Health said in a media release.
It stated that the current H1N1 flue was “not at all either Avian Influenza or Swine Influenza and just a seasonal flu outbreak.
“There could be a misunderstanding among livestock producers, consumers and also among political authority, because certain media had erroneously reported that Influenza HINI as Avian Influenza (Bird flu) or Swine Influenza (Swine flu),” the Department stated.
The World Health Organization classified Influenza H1N1 as “Novel Influenza” in the latter part of 2009.
