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Bird flu outbreak at Suffolk farm as 27,000 chickens to be slaughtered


The virus, which is also known as avian flu, is a type of influenza that mainly affects birds but can sometimes pose a threat to humans.

While there are many different strains of bird flu, only two of them have caused serious concerns for humans over the past few decades.

This does not include H5N6, which has hit the UK.

Different strains of bird flu can spread to people when they have direct contact with the infection.

This can occur when humans touch dead or alive contaminated birds, their droppings or secretions from their eyes.

The NHS explains that “close and prolonged contact with an infected bird is generally required for the infection to spread to humans.”

Last year, The World Health Organisation confirmed that 840 people had been infected by the H6N1 virus worldwide by May 2015 and 447 of the cases were fatal.

Despite these alarming statistics, as it stands, there have been no reported cases of bird flu in humans in the UK.

Symptoms of bird flu include high temperature, aching muscles, headache, respiratory problems, diarrhoea and vomiting, abdominal pain, chest pain and nose and gum bleeding.





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