This variant infected a woman in China’s Jiangsu province, a case reported by national authorities to WHO on 24 February.

Days before, the death of a girl in Cambodia from avian influenza was reported, and the investigation determined that in this case it was another option, 2.3.2.1c.

“We must remain vigilant and assess the risks. We don’t know which option will pop up and cause the next pandemic. At this point, we must remain vigilant.”– the expert said at a WHO press conference, at which various global public health problems were discussed.

Farms in Mexico

National Health, Food Safety and Quality Service (Senasica) decided to introduce quarantine up to three chicken farms fattening able aguascalientesafter reporting a virus bird flu highly pathogenic (HPAI) AH5N1, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader).

To control the outbreak, the Directorate General of Animal Health (DGSA) imposed final quarantine for three poultry farms in the municipalities of Asientos and Rincón de Ramo, which kept more than 826,000 birds. He also installedinternal quarantinefor other households in the state.

The DGSA indicated that the cause of these outbreaks is due to the fact that with the end of winter birds those migrating south are already flying back to the US and Canada, which is the reason for the presence of the virus HPAI AH5N1 in wild birds from various regions of the country and the American continent.

“The discovery was the result epidemiological surveillance for avian influenza, which is carried out in a Senasica-regulated Federal Type Inspection Facility (TIF), located in the municipality of San Francisco de los Romo,” the press release reads. Sader.

(EFE)