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Russia reports transmission of bird flu virus to humans

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Russia claims to have discovered the world’s first case of the H5N8 bird flu virus being transmitted to humans. „Information on the world’s first case of human flu (H5N8) transmission has already been sent to the World Health Organization (WHO),“ said the head of the Russian health authority, Anna Popova, today. The seven people infected in a poultry factory felt „good“.