The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday that authorities in the state of Colorado have reported three suspected cases of H5N1 bird flu among workers at a poultry facility. More broadly, however, according to the main US federal public health agency, “there are no signs of an unexpected increase” in influenza cases in Colorado “or other states affected by outbreaks of H5 in cows and birds”, as he emphasized in a statement he made public. All three people infected are showing mild symptoms, the CDC reassured. The workers were handling the slaughter of infected farmed birds at a facility dealing with an outbreak of H5N1, they explained. As always, the risk to the general population remains low, according to the CDC. However, the agency is sending a team to Colorado to support an ongoing investigation. Globally, there is an outbreak of avian influenza, which is spreading among wild birds, farmed birds and various mammal species. Outbreak of H5N1 on US cow farms reported. The preliminary examinations in which […]
Source: News Beast
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