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Clay County public health officials say risk from H5N1 remains low, explain egg-price impacts
Summary
County public health staff briefed commissioners on the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, saying human risk is low, outlining animal detections nationally and in Minnesota, and describing local reporting procedures and past Clay County cases.
Clay County public health staff told the Board of Commissioners on March 4 that the current H5N1 avian influenza outbreak has produced animal detections across the U.S. but that the risk to the general public remains low.
The county presenter said federal and state agencies are monitoring the situation and so far there is no sustained person-to-person transmission. "The risk to the population, to public health risk is low," the presenter said, adding that federal flu surveillance systems are being used to track cases.
Public health staff described how the virus has…
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