The Netherlands has already disposed of almost 1.5 million chickens, ducks and turkeys in a vain attempt to stop the infection Another outbreak of highly contagious bird flu was registered in the Netherlands on Wednesday, with the country’s Agriculture Ministry saying that 77,000 chickens will now be culled. The affected hen farm was located in […]
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WHO warns we’re not ready to treat Covid like flu
The global health body has said the ongoing spread of Omicron across Europe poses a “huge amount of uncertainty” about the pandemic The World Health Organization’s (WHO) senior emergency officer for Europe has urged governments not to treat Covid as endemic, due to the risk of the virus “evolving quite quickly” and presenting “new challenges.” […]
First Briton contracts deadly bird flu
A case of the H5 strain has been identified in a person from South West England Officials have confirmed that a person has contracted bird flu, believed to be the potentially fatal H5N1 variant. It is the first human case of the strain, which has a mortality rate of around 60%, in the UK. On […]
Fears of avian flu strain ‘jumping’ to humans amid massive outbreak
Israeli medics fear a dangerous bird flu virus could infect humans amid a major outbreak in the country Israel is struggling to contain a large-scale bird flu outbreak as the disease has conquered new ground in recent months. Now, Israeli health officials are warning that the virus might infect humans – without even mutating. “The […]
Baby gets adult dose of Covid-19 jab instead of flu shot
A South Korean doctor has reportedly been sued after giving a 7-month-old infant an adult Covid-19 vaccine shot, rather than the age-appropriate flu jab that the child was meant to receive. The incident occurred on September 29 in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Saturday, citing the municipal government. […]
Fresh outbreaks of highly contagious bird flu confirmed in Europe
Several outbreaks of the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu have cropped up across Poland’s poultry farms, affecting over half a million birds, animal health officials have said. An outbreak was also confirmed in England on Monday. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) revealed the Polish outbreaks on Monday, saying that five were documented in […]
China reports new human case of highly deadly bird flu in southern province
Health authorities in China’s Guangdong province have reported a single human case of the H5N6 strain of bird flu in Dongguan city. The virus, which has increasingly jumped to humans this year, kills half of its hosts. On Thursday, the Health Commission of Guangdong Province said it considered the risk of H5N6 transmission to be […]
13,000 turkeys to be killed on Italian farm after second outbreak of highly contagious H5N1 bird flu
At least two large flocks of birds are confirmed to have been contaminated with a strain of bird flu in Italy, officials announced, with thousands set to be killed off to prevent an epidemic in Europe. Some 200 birds died in a commercial farm of fattening turkeys in the province of Verona, local media reported […]
Moderna developing two-in-one booster shot for Covid-19 and flu
Moderna has announced that it is developing a single-dose vaccine to bring to the market that will combine a two-in-one booster shot that protects against both Covid-19 and flu. On Thursday, drugmaker Moderna unveiled its latest innovation in the fight against Covid-19 – a “pan-respiratory annual booster vaccine” that combines a booster against Covid-19 and […]