A strain of bird flu is adapting to infect mammals, raising concerns it could eventually jump to the human population — and one veterinarian says there’s potential it could drive another pandemic.
A strain of bird flu is adapting to infect mammals, raising concerns it could eventually jump to the human population — and one veterinarian says there's potential it could drive another pandemic.
In an interview with CTV's Your Morning Wednesday, Sharif said there is concern as it seems the virus is becoming more adapted to infecting mammals. Currently, there is an ongoing quarantine of multiple farms in Fraser Valley, B.C. due to H5N1. In Quebec, thousands of sick birds were culled in summer 2022.s by engaging in the "humane destruction" of infected and exposed animals, surveilling and tracking, implementing quarantine and animal movement controls, decontamination practices and zoning to indicate infected and disease-free areas.
According to the World Health Organization, since 2003 there have been 240 recorded cases of bird flu in humans, of which 135 were fatal.
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