Dr Muiris Houston: The H5N1 virus likely spilled from birds into cows in late 2023, and spread undetected among cattle for months before the first cases were reported this March
The H5N1 virus likely spread from birds into cows in late 2023, and spread undetected among cattle for months before the first cases were reported this MarchBetween January 1st, 2003, and December 21st, 2023, 882 cases of human infection with bird flu - the H5N1 virus - were reported from 23 countries, of which 52% were fatal. Photograph: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The World Health Organisation has also weighed in. Last month it raised fears about the alarming spread of the H5N1 strain of influenza that is causing millions of cases of avian flu across the globe. The H5N1 variant has become “a global zoonotic animal pandemic”, UN health agency’s chief scientist Jeremy Farrar told reporters in Geneva. “The great concern, of course, is that in . . .
Aren’t there vaccines against H5N1 already available? And is it time to ramp up production of these vaccines?
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