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Chilean Ministry of Health Confirms Human Case of Bird Flu

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Chile's Ministry of Health on Wednesday confirmed the country's first human case of bird flu H5N1, media report. According to their data, the disease was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man. His condition is assessed as serious, but stable.

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The publication notes that authorities are now investigating how and where the man could have contracted the virus and other possible infected individuals as well. The media also report a clarification from the Chilean health authorities that a person can contract the virus from birds or marine mammals, but there has been no documented cases of human-to-human infections so far.As early as 2022, Chilean authorities have reported cases of avian influenza in wildlife and farm animals. Cases among the latter forced authorities to suspend poultry exports.Tens of millions of birds were slaughtered across the United States last year in an effort to stop the spread of the disease. A human case was reported in the United States in April and another was reported in Ecuador in January of this year.

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© AP Photo / Charlie NeibergallA flock of young turkeys stand in a barn at the Moline family turkey farm after the Mason, Iowa farm was restocked on Aug. 10, 2015. Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in 2015 that killed 50 million birds across 15 states and cost the federal government nearly $1 billion. The new fear is driven by the discovery announced Feb. 9, 2022, of the virus infecting a commercial turkey flock in Indiana.

A flock of young turkeys stand in a barn at the Moline family turkey farm after the Mason, Iowa farm was restocked on Aug. 10, 2015. Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in 2015 that killed 50 million birds across 15 states and cost the federal government nearly $1 billion. The new fear is driven by the discovery announced Feb. 9, 2022, of the virus infecting a commercial turkey flock in Indiana. - Sputnik International, 1920, 31.03.2023

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Chile's Ministry of Health on Wednesday confirmed the country's first human case of bird flu H5N1, Reuters reports. According to the ministry, the disease was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man. His condition is assessed as serious, but stable.

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As early as 2022, Chilean authorities have reported cases of avian influenza in wildlife and farm animals. Cases among the latter forced authorities to suspend poultry exports.

Tens of millions of birds were slaughtered across the United States last year in an effort to stop the spread of the disease. A human case was reported in the United States in April and another was reported in Ecuador in January of this year.