A rare case of human bird flu has been discovered in Britain
The United Kingdom's Health Security Agency announced in an e-mailed statement that a rare case of bird flu had been discovered in southwest England, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.
The Health Security Agency stated that "there is no evidence" of the spread of cases, and that the patient "is in good condition and has entered self-isolation", while all contacts have been traced.
The Health Security Agency said that the infected person had "close and periodic contact with a large number of infected birds."
The agency added that "infections with bird flu are extremely rare and have occurred only a few times in the United Kingdom before."
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