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Russia says detected first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans
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Russia says detected first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans

FEBRUARY 20, 2021 Credit: CC0 Public Domain Russia said Saturday its scientists had detected the first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization. In televised remarks, the head of Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said scientists at the Vektor laboratory had isolated...