A person died of bird flu in Mexico in the first confirmed case of a human infected with the H5N2 variant, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
A photo taken in the late hours of August 17, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus.GENEVA, Switzerland —
It was the "first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with an influenza A virus reported globally", the WHO added. H5N2 cases were detected in a backyard poultry farm in Michoacan state in March, with other outbreaks identified in the State of Mexico, according to the UN health body. "There is no risk of contagion for the population," the statement said, adding that "all samples from identified contacts have been negative".
But none of the cases are human-to-human infections, with the disease instead jumping from cattle to people, authorities have said.
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