First cases of H5N8 bird flu strain detected in humans – NEWS.com.au

The World Health Organisation has been alerted after the first cases of humans being infected with the H5N8 bird flu strain were detected in Russia.The country’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor revealed the virus was detected in seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia after an outbreak was recorded among the birds in December.
Head of the consumer health organisation, Anna Popova, said each of the workers was believed to have caught the virus from birds at the farm, with no sign of transmission…

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