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Cochise County epidemiologist reports no local H5N1 human cases but nationwide animal outbreaks continue
Summary
County epidemiologist provided a situational update on H5N1 avian influenza, reporting no human cases in Arizona and describing recent poultry and cattle outbreaks elsewhere that prompted coordinated responses.
Axel Lopez, an epidemiologist with Cochise County Health and Social Services, gave a situational awareness briefing on H5N1 avian influenza at the Dec. 6 Board of Health meeting, saying there are no confirmed human cases in Arizona and that the CDC currently considers risk to the general public low.
Lopez said counties in other states have reported outbreaks in poultry and cattle this fall. He described a late-November outbreak at an egg-producing facility in Pinal County that led to depopulation of affected flocks and noted a…
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