First cases of H5N8 bird flu found in humans
Russia has detected the strain H5N8 in poultry farm workers in the country's south
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The bird flu strain known as H5N8 has been detected in humans for the first time in Russia, in cases of animal-to-human transmission.
Seven employees at a poultry farm in the south of the country fell ill in December, Russia’s chief public health officer Anna Popopa told state television on Saturday.