Bird flu can likely transmit between mammals, UKHSA reveals as it upgrades risk alert

10 bush dogs at a zoo in England have caught and likely died from Bird flu, suggesting some limited transmission between animals janemerrick23 reports

is likely transmitting between mammals, the UK Health Security Agency has said for the first time.

There have been 23 deaths of wild mammals in the UK since the current outbreak of the highly infectious H5N1 virus began 18 months ago, including, mainly due to isolated cases of animals scavenging on infected dead birds. However, the UKHSA has now also revealed that 10 bush dogs caught and likely died from the virus at a zoo in England in November, suggesting some limited transmission between the animals.

Scientists at the UKHSA and the SPI-M group, which produced modelling of the covid pandemic for the government, have also revealed different scenarios for what would happen in a human pandemic of bird flu.

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