Bird flu strain discovered on British poultry farm can be caught by humans: Public health chiefs say they are ‘confident of the precautions’ as cull of 170,000 chickens and turkeys begins

‘The bird flu on a Lancashire farm has been confirmed as the kind which can infect humans, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced this morning.

A cull of 170,000 chickens and turkeys has been carried out at the farm where the H7N7 strain – which can infect humans – was detected.

But Public Health England insist the risk to public health from this strain is very low and the Food Standards Agency said there is no food safety risk.’

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