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A farm worker in the UK has contracted bird flu, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). It is believed the individual had “close and prolonged contact” with numerous infected birds, although the location of the farm has not been disclosed. The person is currently well but has been taken to a High Consequence Infectious Disease unit, the UKHSA said. The risk to the wider public is low, it added, with this kind of bird-to-human transmission being considered rare.
Though the UKHSA confirmed the transmission, it found no evidence that the disease has spread further. Anyone who the individual has been in contact with has been located and offered antiviral treatments. There is no instance of bird flu being passed from human to human in Europe or the UK. Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Midddlemiss said, “while avian influenza is highly contagious in birds, this is a very rare event and is very specific to the circumstances on this premises.”
The announcement followed the decision to place the whole of Shropshire into an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ), following an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in the county. Everyone who has birds in Shropshire must house their animals, whether in a back garden or commercial flock, with enhanced biosecurity measures required, including disinfecting footwear and clothing and minimising contact with wild birds.
The rest of England has also seen new bird flu measures put in place. The killing and disposal of around a million egg-laying birds at a farm outside Wem in Shropshire continues, leading to prices of eggs to rise if more commercial egg-laying flocks become affected. The Griffiths family, who operate the site, said the outbreak was terrible news
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