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Bird flu cases surging in UK but risk to humans remains low

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A human case of bird flu has been detected in England .

H5N1 bird flu, which is largely a disease of wild birds, has been notorious since the late 1990s for causing major die-offs of poultry worldwide.

The risk of the virus spreading to humans still remains extremely low.

We need to be on the lookout for any signs that any H5N1 strain anywhere might gain the ability to spread between humans.

To minimize the risk of future influenza pandemics, it's crucial situations like this are carefully monitored.

Nothing has been reported which suggests human-to-human transmission has occurred anywhere during the current outbreak.

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