Avian Influenza H5N8, Avian Influenza -- Russia
Two incidents of transmission of bird flu viruses to humans have been recorded in 2021, Anna Popova, the head of Russia's consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, told Sputnik on Thu 3 Jun 2021.
"This year [2021] alone, we have 2 viruses of animal flu, in particular birds, which began to infect humans. One of them was reported by our scientists at the Vector Centre in February 2021; this is the H5N8 virus, which we have known of for a long time. The 2nd case, reported this week by our
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