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Bird flu case confirmed in farm worker in West Midlands

The UK Health and Security Agency said the individual had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds

Rachael Brown
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The UK Health and Security Agency said the risk to the wider public continued to be very low.
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The UK Health and Security Agency said the risk to the wider public continued to be very low.

A case of avian influenza has been found in a farm worker in the West Midlands region who had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds, according to the UK Health and Security...

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