California announces second person infected with H5N1 bird flu with no connection to first – amid fears of an outbreak
California health officials have confirmed the state’s second human case of bird flu on Thursday mere hours after announcing the first, adding to fears of an outbreak.
The second infected person, like the first, had contact with dairy cows carrying the pathogen. Both of them have mild symptoms, including pink eye.
The cases are not linked and there is no indication that the first person transmitted the infection to the second.
Fears over the spread of bird flu are increasing as, for the first time, a patient in Missouri who had not come into contact with sick birds, cattle or other animals was diagnosed with the virus.
The second person to have been infected with bird flu, like the first, came in contact with dairy cattle carrying the pathogen
