While the risk of bird flu to humans is still classed as 'low' as it cannot currently transmit between people, the move marks a stepping-up of readiness following the outbreak of the virus in US dairy herds
While the risk of bird flu to humans is still classed as 'low' as it cannot currently transmit between people, the move marks a stepping-up of readiness following the outbreak of the virus in US dairy herds
It is also possible that UK poultry workers and others who work closely with birds would receive the vaccine as a routine to prevent them contracting the virus.There had previously been cases of bird flu in some mammals, such as sea lions and mink, but the outbreak in US dairy farms is the first large-scale instance where animals that are in regular contact with humans had contracted the virus.
So far, there have been only a handful of cases in people, with a relatively high death rate, but they were all infected by direct contact with birds and did not pass the virus on to others. The overall risk to humans is classed as low. The second development was earlier this year, when cows in dairy herds in the US began to develop infections. The outbreak has spread to 12 US states to date.
And we are still a long way off from level 6 – when there would be sustained human-to-human transmission, and the government would have to make official public health announcements to the population.
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