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Clay County public health officials brief commissioners on H5N1 risks, local detections limited to backyard flocks
Summary
Public-health staff told the Clay County Board of Commissioners that H5N1 avian influenza has caused animal outbreaks across the U.S. but so far poses a low public-health risk locally; county officials described reporting channels and local case counts.
Clay County public-health staff updated the Board of Commissioners Tuesday on the status of H5N1 avian influenza, saying the virus has caused outbreaks in wild birds, commercial poultry and some U.S. dairy herds while human infections remain rare.
"The public health risk is low," Clay County public-health staff member Kathy McKay said, summarizing federal and state monitoring. She and other staff described how the Department of Health (MDH), the state Board of Animal Health and the Department of Natural Resources coordinate surveillance and reply paths for reported animal cases.
The update explained how the virus moves from wild birds into poultry and, in limited instances, into mammals. McKay said there have been roughly 70 human infections nationwide…
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