“In early December 2020, an outbreak of bird flu occurred at a poultry farm in Akhtuba district.
Quarantine measures were immediately taken ... During this period, seven employees of the poultry farm had a slight health disorder (sore throat), all were treated on an outpatient basis, "Interfax reports.
It is noted that the poultry, frozen meat and eggs from the factory were destroyed.
Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that seven workers of a poultry farm in southern Russia were diagnosed with bird flu.
According to her, the new causative agent of avian influenza A (H5N8) can be transmitted from birds to humans. She said that the virus has overcome the interspecies barrier.