The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Friday that three presumptive positive cases of bird flu had been found in poultry workers.
Colorado officials report three poultry workers have tested presumptive positive for bird flu
According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, bird flu was detected at an egg-laying operation in Weld County in northeastern Colorado on Monday, affecting 1,790,800 birds. That accounts for 22% of all Colorado birds impacted by the flu during the outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also supporting the investigation. The CDC said that the risk to the general public from the ongoing outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cows remains low. “The risk to most people remains low. Avian flu viruses are currently spreading among animals, but they are not adapted to spread from person to person. … people who have regular exposure to infected animals are at increased risk of infection and should take precautions when they have contact with sick animals,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said in a statement at the time.
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