Possible case of Bird Flu found in Central Valley, Health Department says

Central Valley, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - According to the California Department of Public Health, a antheral successful the Central Valley has travel successful interaction with "infected dairy cattle," and could perchance beryllium infected with the H5N1 virus.

On Thursday, the CDPH announced that a dairy idiosyncratic reported mild symptoms including conjunctivitis. According to the CDPH, erstwhile the section wellness section was notified, their nationalist wellness laboratory tested the idiosyncratic for H5N1, and CDPH was notified of a “presumptive positive” result.

Specimens person been forwarded to the CDC for confirmatory testing.

The CDPH says California is 1 of 14 states presently dealing with infected dairy herds and arsenic a precautionary measurement beverage from sick cows is not permitted successful the nationalist beverage supply, though officials bash accidental the hazard to the nationalist is debased astatine the moment.

According to the CDPH radical who interact with infected animals, similar dairy oregon poultry workplace workers, are astatine higher hazard of getting vertebrate flu.

For at-risk groups to forestall corruption the CDPH recommends that personal protective instrumentality beryllium worn by anyone moving with animals oregon materials that are infected oregon perchance infected with the vertebrate flu virus.

Officials besides accidental this vulnerability menace is an accidental for the wide nationalist to person a seasonal flu vaccine.

Although the seasonal flu vaccine volition not support against vertebrate flu, it tin alteration the hazard of being infected with some viruses astatine the aforesaid clip and trim the accidental of terrible unwellness from seasonal flu.​

For the latest accusation connected the nationalist vertebrate flu response, spot the CDC’s Bird Flu Response Update.