Seven Russian poultry workers became the first people infected by the H5N8 strain of Bird Flu. The workers developed the disease in December, officials revealed today.
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(Bloomberg) Russia said it found the world’s first cases of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in humans though the virus isn’t yet spreading between people. Authorities have sent information on the seven cases detected in workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia to the World Health Organization, Anna Popova, the country’s public-health chief, said in televised comments on Saturday. “It is not transmitted from person to person. But only.