12 votes Bird flu: Russia detects first case of H5N8 bird flu in humans Posted February 21, 2021 by Kuromantis Tags: russia, virology, diseases.infectious, diseases.respiratory, influenza.avian, bird flu.h5n8, swine flu, source.bbc, short read https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56140270 Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Published Feb 20 2021 Word count 43 words 1 comment Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK Kuromantis (OP) February 21, 2021 Link If you want a more informed take on this you may want to look at this reddit user who is a flu researcher. Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to humans. Officials said seven workers at a poultry plant in the south of the country had been infected following an outbreak there in December. "All seven people... are now feeling well," said the head of Russia's consumer health watchdog, Anna Popova. There was no sign of transmission between humans, Ms Popova said, adding that the case had been reported to the World Health Organization. If you want a more informed take on this you may want to look at this reddit user who is a flu researcher. 7 votes
Kuromantis (OP) February 21, 2021 Link If you want a more informed take on this you may want to look at this reddit user who is a flu researcher. Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to humans. Officials said seven workers at a poultry plant in the south of the country had been infected following an outbreak there in December. "All seven people... are now feeling well," said the head of Russia's consumer health watchdog, Anna Popova. There was no sign of transmission between humans, Ms Popova said, adding that the case had been reported to the World Health Organization. If you want a more informed take on this you may want to look at this reddit user who is a flu researcher. 7 votes
If you want a more informed take on this you may want to look at this reddit user who is a flu researcher.