Russian health officials reported a new strain of avian flu never before transmitted from birds to humans Saturday, after an outbreak first occurred in a poultry farm last December. Anna Popova, the country’s public health chief, announced that seven cases of the H5N8 strain had been detected amongst the poultry farm’s workers in southern Russia – prompting health officials to alert the World Health Organization (WHO). Not all avian flus can infect humans, and health officials have previously stated that poultry workers are most likely to get sick when working with infectious or dead animals. The most well-known avian flu strain, H5N1, has a 60 percent mortality rate, but the U.S. has yet to report any infections amongst people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPThough the WHO have said that cases of avian flu amongst humans only "occasionally" occurs.

Source: Fox News February 20, 2021 21:43 UTC