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UK detects human case of bird flu
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Posted on January 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
A human case of bird flu (H5N1) has been detected in central England, acquired on a farm. The UK Health Security Agency states the public risk is very low.
LONDON (Reuters) - British health authorities said they had detected a case of bird flu (H5N1) in a person in central England.
The person acquired the infection on a farm, where they had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds, the UK Health Security Agency said.
The risk to the wider public continues to be very low, it added.
(Reporting by Sarah Young, writing by Sachin Ravikumar)
The bird flu case was detected in central England.
The person acquired the infection on a farm, having close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds.
The UK Health Security Agency stated that the risk to the wider public continues to be very low.
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