Russian hygiene officials have announced that the world's first confirmed transmission of the highly lethal highly pathogenic avian influenza virus "H5N8" from birds to humans.
On the other hand, he calls for calm, saying, "Human-to-human transmission has not been confirmed."
Russian Welfare Supervision Agency Secretary Popova announced on the 20th that a highly lethal highly pathogenic avian influenza virus "H5N8 type" has been confirmed in Russia from birds to humans and reported to the WHO = World Health Organization. Did.
When the infection spread in southern Russia last December, the virus was detected in a total of seven poultry farm employees, which means that the seven infected people were temporarily ill, but then recovered. ..
Popova says it is the first time in the world that the "H5N8" virus has been confirmed to infect humans from birds.
On the other hand, Secretary Popova said, "Human-to-human transmission has not been confirmed. If the virus mutates, it can be transmitted from person to person, but we do not know how long it will take." I am calling for calm.