The rapid surge of mpox in multiple African countries has prompted the World Health Organization to sound its highest level of alert. On Wednesday, the UN agency declared a global health emergency in response to a severe outbreak of the viral disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has spread to at least...
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Two-Year-Old Australian Girl Tested Positive For H5N1 Bird Flu: WHO
The WHO assesses the current risk to the general population posed by the virus as low. Geneva: A two-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for H5N1 bird flu and needed hospital intensive care treatment in Australia after travelling to India, the World Health Organization said on Friday. “This is the first confirmed human infection caused by avian...
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WHO confirms Australia’s first human case of ‘severe’ bird flu subtype likely came from India
In short: The WHO has confirmed Australia’s first human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu was contracted by a child who had travelled to India last month. The health organisation said no close contacts in Australia or in India had developed symptoms as of May 22. What’s next? It advised the public to continue...