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May 25, 2021 01:47 AM EDT
(Photo : Getty Images/Ian Forsyth) HAMBLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE - NOVEMBER 29: A warning sign hangs from a fence at a farm near Northallerton after an outbreak of Avian flu was confirmed at a commercial turkey fattening farm on November 29, 2020 in Hambleton, North Yorkshire. The United Kingdom s Department for Rural Affairs said that 10,500 turkeys would have to be culled after the H5N8 strain of avian influenza was confirmed at a turkey fattening premises here.
Numerous nations have reported cases of poultry and wild birds ailing from influenza A H5N8, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (AIV). The subtype of flu was not regularly associated with human infections. However, this changed last February when seven poultry farm workers in southern Russia became the first recorded human cases of H5N8 bird flu.
The Russian Federation notified WHO of Detection of Avian Influenza A(H5N8) in Seven Human Clinical Specimens sarajevotimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sarajevotimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WHO | Human infection with avian influenza A (H5N8) – the Russian Federation who.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from who.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.