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 reassured 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 temperature 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 close contact with poultry and poultry products. Pun claimed that poultry diagnosed with the virus had already been culled.