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At a poultry farm in the southern Russian Federation, the H5N8 bird flu virus crossed the species barrier and was transmitted from birds to seven people, Rospotrebnadzor noted.
For the first time in the world, people infected with the H5N8 bird flu have been identified in Russian citizens. On February 20, Rospotrebnadzor reported this on Facebook with reference to its director Anna Popova.
“The new causative agent of avian influenza A (H5N8) can be transmitted from birds to humans; it has overcome the species barrier. To date, this variant of the influenza virus is not transmitted from person to person. genetics of this type of avian influenza was isolated from employees of a poultry farm in southern Russia, where in December 2020, there was an outbreak among the poultry population, “says the message.
Rospotrebnadzor says they have taken measures to protect people and animals, “all risks were minimized and this situation did not develop further.
According to the department, seven employees of the poultry farm were infected.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), avian influenza is an infectious viral disease of birds. It can mutate and bear genetic changes that increase the likelihood of a pandemic.
Human infection with one of the avian influenza strains was first reported in Hong Kong in 1997. According to the WHO, in 2003-2013, 384 people died from the disease.
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