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Russia reports first human cases of H5N8 bird flu.

Seven people at a poultry farm in southern Russia have been infected with H5N8 bird flu, officials say, making it the first time that the highly pathogenic virus has been found in humans. There is no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

"Today, I want to inform you about an important scientific discovery made by scientists at the Vector scientific center,” Anna Popova, the head of Russia’s consumer health watchdog, said on Saturday. "The first cases of human infection with [avian influenza A(H5N8)] have been laboratory confirmed.”

 

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/02/russia-first-human-cases-of-h5n8-bird-flu/

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1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Russia reports first human cases of H5N8 bird flu.

Seven people at a poultry farm in southern Russia have been infected with H5N8 bird flu, officials say, making it the first time that the highly pathogenic virus has been found in humans. There is no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

"Today, I want to inform you about an important scientific discovery made by scientists at the Vector scientific center,” Anna Popova, the head of Russia’s consumer health watchdog, said on Saturday. "The first cases of human infection with [avian influenza A(H5N8)] have been laboratory confirmed.”

 

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/02/russia-first-human-cases-of-h5n8-bird-flu/

There have been cases of bird flu in humans, this is just the first case of this particular strain. To date, I don't think there's been confirmation of any strain of bird flu that has been shown to be able to be transmitted from human to human. If that happens, it's a very big deal because bird flu is insanely virulent.

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