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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Tulare County Public Health is reporting Friday 2 quality cases of H5N1 vertebrate flu.
Officials accidental some individuals had interaction with infected cattle astatine 2 abstracted Tulare County dairy farms.
Tulare County Public Health, successful coordination with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says some cases person mild symptoms, are being treated with antiviral medications, and are isolating astatine home.
“Although determination are present confirmed quality cases of vertebrate flu successful our region, the hazard to the wide nationalist remains low,” stated Dr. Thomas Overton, Deputy County Health Officer for Tulare County Public Health.
According to wellness officials, the microorganism was archetypal detected successful California successful sick dairy cattle successful August, and nationalist wellness officials said they person been intimately monitoring workers for unwellness astatine dairy facilities experiencing an outbreak of vertebrate flu among their cattle herds.
Tulare County says pasteurized beverage and dairy products proceed to beryllium harmless to consume, arsenic pasteurization is afloat effectual astatine inactivating the vertebrate flu virus.
