{"id":136123,"date":"2024-12-18T09:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T07:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/avian-flu-reported-in-108-countries-across-five-continents-says-un-health-agency\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T09:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T07:05:23","slug":"avian-flu-reported-in-108-countries-across-five-continents-says-un-health-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/avian-flu-reported-in-108-countries-across-five-continents-says-un-health-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says UN health agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136123\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus \u201cis increasingly crossing species barriers\u201d, according to UN health officers.In an update on the mutating virus &#8211; known as H5N1 \u2013 Dr. Madhur Dhingra from the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, said that it had \u201cspilled over into wildlife\u201d. More than 500 bird species have been infected along with at least 70 mammalian species, including the endangered California condor and polar bears. In regions that are heavily reliant on poultry as a primary source of protein, the FAO medic insisted that avian influenza \u201cposes a serious threat to food and nutrition security\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dhingra warned that hundreds of millions of people\u2019s livelihoods have been affected by the virus \u2013 an economic burden on farmers that could prevent them from investing in adequate biosafety measures. Following the emergence of H5N1 influenza virus in dairy cattle, the WHO has joined calls for strengthened surveillance and biosecurity on farms, to keep animals and people safe. The UN health agency said that in 2024, 76 people have been infected with the H5 avian influenza strain, and most were farm workers. More than 60 cases originated in the US, which has also reported outbreaks of H5 in wildlife and poultry and, more recently, in dairy cattle. There have also been cases reported in Australia, Canada, China, Cambodia and Viet Nam.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, who currently serves as Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management for the WHO, said that based on the latest science, \u201cwe assess the risk of infection for the public \u2013 you and I \u2013 is currently low.\u201d But if you work on a farm, she cautioned \u2013 and are exposed to infected animals \u2013 \u201cwe assess the current public health risk to be low-to-moderate,\u201d depending on the level of personal protection taken. There is no evidence so far that the H5N1 viruses have adapted to spread between people and there has been no reported cases of human-to-human transmission. \u201cWe must remember, however, that this can change quickly,\u201d the UN pandemic expert added, \u201cas the virus is evolving and we must be prepared for such a scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every case that occurs in humans must therefore be investigated thoroughly. Dr. Van Kerkhove also stressed the importance of drinking pasturised milk \u2013 and if that\u2019s not available, of heating milk before consumption. \u201cWe want to reiterate the critical importance of using a One Health approach across sectors \u2013 globally, nationally, and sub-nationally &#8211; to tackle avian influenza effectively, to minimize the risk in animals and humans,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/12\/1158286\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/avian-flu-reported-in-108-countries-across-five-continents-says-un-health-agency\/\">Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says UN health agency<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[17373,17374,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-136123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-108-countries","tag-avian-flu-reported","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}