Tag: bird flu

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  WHO concerned bird flu virus might affect humans more easily

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday said it has “strong concerns” that the avian flu virus (H5N1) might mutate to infect humans, as outbreaks of the disease among birds are becoming more frequent. In the WHO's assessment, the virus might adapt to infect humans more easily.

• Friday, June 9th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  Brazil: Tourists banned from Espirito Santo islands due to bird flu

  

  Authorities in the Brazilian southeastern State of Espirito Santo Thursday decided to ban all tourists from the islands of Vitória after confirming 20 outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Brazil declares bird flu emergency

  

  Brazilian authorities have decreed a nationwide animal health emergency, it was published Tuesday in an extra issue of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette), Agencia Brasil reported. Agriculture and Livestock Minister Carlos Favaro signed the ordinance dated May 22 which will be effective for the next 180 days.

• Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Patient died of avian flu in China, WHO confirms

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday confirmed one Chinese woman has died of the H3N8 variant of avian flu after being hospitalized for severe pneumonia on March 3.

• Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  First human case of bird flu reported in Chile

  

  Chilean health authorities Wednesday confirmed the first case of a human patient suffering from avian flu. It is a 53-year-old man from the city of Arica in the northern part of the country, who has been reported to be stable.

• Saturday, February 25th 2023 - 09:13 UTC

  WHO worried: human-to-human transmission of bird flu cannot be ruled out

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) experts have expressed their concern after two cases of humans catching H5N1 avian flu were confirmed this week. During a virtual press conference Friday, WHO Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention Sylvie Briand said the situation was “worrying.”

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 11:31 UTC

  Bird flu reaches northern Argentina

  

  Argentine authorities have declared a state of emergency after the first case of avian influenza was confirmed in wild birds in the northern province of Jujuy bordering Bolivia.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Bird flu spreading fast in northern Chile

  

  Chile's Agriculture and Livestock Service Wednesday reported 1,030 bird deaths due to avian flu in northern regions of the country, at the same time Europe goes through the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Peru and Ecuador declare bird flu health emergency; 10,000 pelicans dead, 180,000 chickens to be slaughtered

  

  Peru and Ecuador last week declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu after a wave of cases led to tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.

• Friday, January 7th 2022 - 20:49 UTC

  First fatal victim of bird flu reported in UK

  

  British health authorities Friday reported what seems to be the first fatal case in humans of the H5N1 variant of bird flu, which rarely infects humans, but when it does, it has a mortality rate of about 60%.