Russia detects the first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans
Russia on Saturday said that its scientists had detected the world’s first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the WHO. Anna Popova, head of Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, in televised remarks said scientists at the Vektor laboratory had isolated the strain’s genetic material from seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia, where an outbreak was recorded among the birds in December last year. The workers did not suffer any serious health effects, she added. They are believed to have caught the virus from poultry on...
Source: taipeitimes.com
