The patient, who is currently hospitalised, has been in contact with sick and dead birds, health authorities said, adding that 61 human cases of bird flu have been detected in the US since April. France, for its part, regained its ‘flu-free’ status, which had been upgraded to ‘high’ in November.…This version of the virus is different from that detected in several dairy cow herds and poultry farms in the US. No further details on the patient’s profile or health status were given… Read also Bird flu in North America worries epidemiologists: three people have been infected with the H5N1 virus with no source of contamination detected
Below: Dairy cows in the USA
