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March, 05/2021 - 08:45
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HÀ NỘI — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Việt Nam have issued a press release urging the Vietnamese Government and the public to keep vigilance over H5N8 human infection upon the detection of seven farm workers infected with the influenza A (H5N8) in a chicken farm in Russia, according to the Ministry of Health.
This is the first report of H5N8 poultry-to-human infection despite the virus having been circulating in poultry and wild birds since 2016. All seven human cases were asymptomatic.