Post by Dividavi on Apr 20, 2024 20:05:30 GMT
WHO Warns Growing Spread of Bird Flu to Humans Is 'Enormous Concern'
ByAFP
chickens on a farm
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The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an "extraordinarily high" mortality rate.
"This remains I think an enormous concern," the UN health agency's chief scientist Jeremy Farrar told reporters in Geneva.
The current bird flu outbreak began in 2020 and has led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry, with wild birds also infected as well as land and marine mammals.
Cows and goats joined the list last month – a surprising development for experts because they were not thought susceptible to this type of influenza.
chickens on a farm
(KARRASTOCK/Getty Images)
The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an "extraordinarily high" mortality rate.
"This remains I think an enormous concern," the UN health agency's chief scientist Jeremy Farrar told reporters in Geneva.
The current bird flu outbreak began in 2020 and has led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry, with wild birds also infected as well as land and marine mammals.
Cows and goats joined the list last month – a surprising development for experts because they were not thought susceptible to this type of influenza.
