The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has released a statement that a new outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu has occurred at a chicken farm in Hunan.
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Source: cna
According to CNA, the farm had a total of 7,850 chickens, but 4,500 have died because of the new H5N1 strain. Because of this, the authorities had to cull 17,828 poultries.
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Source: business insider
According to the World Health Organization, H5n1 can be transmitted to humans, usually through a hostile environment. However, this situation is rare. WHO has said,
“This virus does not infect humans easily, and the spread from human to human is very rare.”
It has been a very tough start for 2020, but hopefully as we move into February, the situation will slowly become better!
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