Two poultry workers test positive for bird flu

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By James Gregory & Michelle Roberts

BBC News

Two poultry workers in England have tested positive for bird flu, although there are no signs of human-to-human transmission, theUK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.

Both people were known to have recently worked on an infected poultry farm and have since tested negative.

Neither worker experienced symptoms of avian influenza, with both cases found during screening.

The risk to the general population remains very low, the UKHSA added.

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The UKHSA is running a programme of testing workers who have come into contact with infected birds, but is also running asymptomatic testing.

The first person who tested positive is thought to have inhaled the virus.

The second person is thought to be a more complicated case and it is unclear whether they have suffered a genuine infection or whether they too inhaled the virus…

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4 thoughts on “Two poultry workers test positive for bird flu

  1. I do not feel sorry for slaughterhouse workers.
    When does a person draw the line at what they wont do for money?
    The nazi concentration camp guards used the same worn-out and empty excuses:
    i had to support my family
    it was just my job
    i was just doing what i was told/paid to do

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