LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Public well being officers are investigating the primary human case of H5 hen flu detected in Los Angeles County, it was introduced Monday.
The sufferer, an grownup who was uncovered at a worksite to livestock contaminated with H5 hen flu, has been handled with antivirals and is recovering at residence, in line with the county Department of Public Health.
The total danger of H5 hen flu to the general public stays low, and there’s at present no proof of person-to-person unfold of the virus, DPH stated.
Close contacts of the contaminated particular person and different employees uncovered on the worksite are being monitored for signs and have been provided private protecting tools, testing and antiviral prophylaxis, the division stated. DPH stated no extra circumstances have been recognized presently.
Public Health stated it’s working carefully with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state Department of Public Health on the continuing investigation.
“People hardly ever get hen flu, however those that work together with contaminated livestock or wildlife have a higher danger of an infection,” Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County well being officer, stated in an announcement.
“This case reminds us to take primary precautions to stop being uncovered,” he stated. “People ought to keep away from unprotected contact with sick or useless animals together with cows, poultry, and wild birds; keep away from consuming uncooked or undercooked animal merchandise, similar to uncooked milk; and defend pets and yard poultry from publicity to wild animals.”
Davis additionally pressured the significance of getting the seasonal flu vaccine, which will help stop extreme seasonal flu sickness and decrease the danger of getting each seasonal and hen flu infections on the similar time if uncovered.
Symptoms of H5 hen flu in people embrace eye redness or discharge, fever, cough or problem respiratory, sore throat, muscle or physique aches, diarrhea and vomiting, in line with DPH, which stated folks working with contaminated animals, together with cows, poultry, or wildlife, proceed to be at greater danger of publicity to H5 hen flu.
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