Avian Bird Flu 2024

Avian Bird Flu 2024. The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals including humans is a significant public health concern, senior un medics said on thursday as they announced new measures to. Between 2 december 2023 and 15 march 2024, highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) a(h5) outbreaks were reported in domestic (227) and wild (414) birds.

On 22 may 2024, the international health regulations (ihr) national focal point (nfp) for india reported to who a case of human infection with avian influenza. As of august 2024, there is no official recommendation for people to take down bird feeders because of the risk of avian influenza (see next section).