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Public health director warns of H5N1 detection in wild birds, outlines disease monitoring and community health programs
Summary
Chaffee County Public Health reported a local H5N1-positive wild bird, ongoing communicable-disease monitoring, and a range of public-health programs from immunizations and air-quality monitoring to behavioral-health initiatives and aging services.
Chaffee County Public Health reported a confirmed H5N1-positive wild goose sampled at Sand Lake and described ongoing public-health activities spanning communicable disease surveillance, immunizations, preparedness and aging services.
Public health director Andrea (last name not specified in transcript) told commissioners the county had issued a press release on the highly pathogenic avian influenza case and emphasized that the transmission rate from animals to humans remains extremely low. She…
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