The mutating H5N8 strain of avian flu has a high risk of human-to-human transmission, Russian authorities warned Friday.
Anna Popova, who heads Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, made the prediction nearly a month after scientists detected the first case of H5N8 transmission to humans at a southern Russia poultry farm. news Russia Detects First Case of H5N8 Avian Flu in Humans.
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