A patient in the American state of Louisiana (south) died of H5N1 avian flu, becoming the first case of human death linked to this epidemic in the country, authorities learned on Monday.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — A patient in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana died from H5N1 avian influenza, becoming the first human death linked to the epidemic in the country, according to -we learned from the authorities on Monday.
According to a release from the Louisiana Department of Health, the patient, aged over 65, was hospitalized after exposure to a combination of non-commercial backyard birds and wild birds.
The ministry confirmed that it has not identified other cases of this highly pathogenic flu, nor evidence of person-to-person transmission.
While the current public health risk remains low, people who work with birds, poultry or cows, or are exposed to these animals in their leisure time, are at higher risk, authorities have warned. the State, adding that the best way to protect yourself from the H5N1 virus is to avoid sources of exposure.
