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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Sophie Collins

US reports its first known human case of H5 bird flu as CDC says public health risk remains low

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first known human case of the H5 bird flu in the United States on Thursday.

The person who has become infected is living in the state of Colorado and is involved in the culling of poultry.

They tested positive for avian influenza A(H5) and the CDC said in a statement that the poultry presumably had and passed on H5N1 bird flu.

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