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Tag: H5N1

  • Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 08:06 UTC

    Avian Influenza Prevention Zone extended to all of England; H5N1 human case in West Midlands

    Dr Christine Middlemiss is the UK's Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO). She was appointed UK Chief Vet in December 2017

    The UK Health Security Agency, UKHSA, has confirmed a case of influenza A(H5N1) in a person in the West Midlands region. Simultaneously the UK Chief Veterinary Officer has ordered a new Avian Influenza Prevention Zone AIPZ to cover the whole of England from noon on Saturday 25 January following the escalating number of cases of avian influenza and continued heightened risk levels in wild birds.

  • Thursday, June 6th 2024 - 09:52 UTC

    First human death due to avian flu reported

    The Mexican case came after H5N1 cases appeared in recent weeks in dairy cows in the United States

    A 59-year-old man in Mexico was reported Wednesday to be the first person ever to die of avian flu A(H5N2), the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on its website about the patient who passed away on April 24. The source of exposure to the virus usually circulating in poultry remains unknown and the victim had no history of contact with these animals.

  • Thursday, November 9th 2023 - 09:34 UTC

    Brazil: Bird flu emergency extended

    The PAHO has recorded human cases of bird flu in the Americas, including the United States, Chile, and Ecuador

    Brazilian authorities Wednesday extended for 180 days a declaration of animal health emergency nationwide due to avian influenza, Agencia Brasil reported. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock adopted the measure due to the identification of outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, mainly in wild birds.

  • 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.”

  • Friday, November 25th 2022 - 08:46 UTC

    Peru declares avian influenza health alert

    “This virus has a 100% mortality rate”, warned Quevedo

    Peruvian health authorities have launched a health alert for 180 days after three cases of the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza were detected in pelicans, it was announced Thursday in Lima.

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

    First fatal victim of bird flu reported in UK

    There is no evidence that this strain detected in the UK can spread from person to person, Oliver said

    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%.

  • Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:20 UTC

    China reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in poultry farm with 7.850 chickens

    Since 2003, the H5N1 avian flu has killed 455 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

    China reported an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in Shaoyang city of the southern province of Hunan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Sunday.

  • Friday, April 26th 2013 - 14:39 UTC

    Chinese scientists confirm new bird flu strain jumped from chickens to humans

    Live chicken, duck and pigeon markets are common in China

    Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in China has been transmitted to humans from chickens. In a study published online in the Lancet medical journal, the scientists echoed previous statements from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese officials that there is as yet no evidence of human-to-human transmission of this virus.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 23:40 UTC

    New bird flu strain in China “one of the most lethal” warns WHO

    “The situation remains complex and difficult and evolving” said WHO’s Keiji Fukuda

    A new bird flu strain that has killed 22 people in China is “one of the most lethal” of its kind and transmits more easily to humans than another strain that has killed hundreds since 2003, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.

  • Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 00:40 UTC

    FAO urges readiness against possible major resurgence of H5N1 avian influenza

    Since 2003 H5N1 has killed or forced the culling of more than 400 million domestic poultry

    FAO urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence of the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza amid signs that a mutant strain of the deadly Bird Flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond, with unpredictable risks to human health.