Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans

PNP DeskApril 18, 2024September 20, 202405 mins

Dr Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the avian influenza virus – which is also known as H5N1 – has had an “extremely high” mortality rate among the several hundred people known to have been infected with it to date. To date, no human-to-human H5N1 transmission has been recorded….

‘Low risk’ for humans, as cats in Poland test positive for avian influenza

PNP DeskJuly 17, 2023September 14, 202405 mins

As of Wednesday, 12 July, no human contacts of A(H5N1) positive cats have reported any symptoms, the UN health agency said, adding that the surveillance period for all contacts has now complete. National first There have been previous “sporadic” cases of what is more commonly referred to as the bird flu virus, but the cases…