UK detects human case of bird flu, says wider risk remains low

Reuters
Jan 27, 2025

UK detects human case of bird flu, says wider risk remains low


British health authorities said on Monday they had detected a case of the H5N1 bird flu in a person in central England but added that the risk to the wider public remained "very low".
 
The person acquired the infection on a farm, where they had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds, the UK Health Security Agency said in a statement.
 
It said the individual was currently well and that authorities were tracing all known contacts of the person to offer antiviral treatment.

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