It comes as the US deals with an H5N1 outbreak in dairy cattle that has seen the virus spread from mammals to humans for the first time.

It comes as the US deals with an H5N1 outbreak in dairy cattle that has seen the virus spread from mammals to humans for the first time.

  • FubarberryEnglish
    27•28 days ago

    The victim had no history of exposure to poultry or animals, the WHO said.

    However, they had multiple underlying health conditions and had been in bed for three weeks for other reasons before the bird flu symptoms took hold.

    Before the H5N2 case was confirmed, it was unclear whether it could infect humans.

    Avian flu viruses generally do not infect humans - but there are rare cases of it.