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    New bird flu virus spreads in Estonia

    • Last Update: 2021-06-16
    • Source: Internet
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    Summerer, deputy director of theEstonian Agriculture and Food Bureau, said that a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus strain that can be transmitted to other animals and birds has been found in Estonia .
     
    Usually the spread of avian flu ends with the nesting time of birds, but this year the spread of the virus has shown no signs of slowing down
    .
    According to investigations by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), unlike previous years, a large number of wild birds still died of highly infectious avian influenza in the early summer of this year
    .

     
    Summerer said that bird flu is still continuing in Europe
    .
    Since it is now nesting time for birds, birds of different species, especially chicks of waterfowl and raptors, are at high risk of infection and death
    .
    In addition, H5N1 strains of avian influenza have been detected in two foxes in the Netherlands, and H5N8 strains have been detected in seals in the United Kingdom and Sweden
    .
    The spread of the virus to mammals is worrying, because it shows that the virus is mutating to enhance transmission and adaptability
    .
    The Estonian Agriculture and Food Agency will test dead or hunted foxes to find out whether the virus can also be transmitted to mammals in Estonia
    .
     
    No cases of human infection with the avian influenza virus have been reported in Europe
    .
    ECDC assesses that the risk of infection for people who are exposed to birds at work is low
    .

    Food animal avian influenza virus
     
    Usually the spread of avian flu ends with the nesting time of birds, but this year the spread of the virus has shown no signs of slowing down
    .
    According to investigations by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), unlike previous years, a large number of wild birds still died of highly infectious avian influenza in the early summer of this year
    .

     
      Summerer said that bird flu is still continuing in Europe
    .
    Since it is now nesting time for birds, birds of different species, especially chicks of waterfowl and raptors, are at high risk of infection and death
    .
    In addition, H5N1 strains of avian influenza have been detected in two foxes in the Netherlands, and H5N8 strains have been detected in seals in the United Kingdom and Sweden
    .
    The spread of the virus to mammals is worrying, because it shows that the virus is mutating to enhance transmission and adaptability
    .
    The Estonian Agriculture and Food Agency will test dead or hunted foxes to find out whether the virus can also be transmitted to mammals in Estonia
    .
     
      No cases of human infection with the avian influenza virus have been reported in Europe
    .
    ECDC assesses that the risk of infection for people who are exposed to birds at work is low
    .

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