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Montevideo, August 20th 2026 - 10:43 UTC

Tag: bird flu

  • Wednesday, August 9th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

    Argentina bird-flu free again

    Under the epidemic, Argentine chicken meat exports contracted by 28% in volume and 35% in value during the first semester

    Argentina's National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) Tuesday announced the South American country was again avian influenza free, it was reported in Buenos Aires. In a note to the World Organization for Animal Health, the sanitary agency said the last of the 18 outbreaks detected in commercial establishments had been controlled 6 months after the first case was detected.

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

    WHO concerned bird flu virus might affect humans more easily

    The first lineage of the bird flu virus was identified in 1996 and has since caused several infectious outbreaks among birds

    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

    Brazil remains free from avian influenza before the World Organization for Animal Health because there is no record in commercial production

    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

    Agriculture and Livestock Minister Carlos Favaro signed the ordinance dated May 22

    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 H3N8 virus does not spread from one human to another, the WHO said

    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

    The 53-year-old male patient in Arica was reported to be stable

    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

    An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia died of H5N1 and her father tested positive for the virus //AFP

    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

    Humans are at “no risk of acquiring the disease through consumption” of poultry or eggs, Bahillo explained

    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

    Health authorities in Europe are studying the possibility of using vaccinations to stem the spread of the virus

    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 reported its first severe outbreak of the highly pathogenic type A H5 virus earlier in November, shortly after Mexico said it would start vaccinating birds

    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.