WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the recent reports of infections in mink, otters and sealions 'need to be monitored closely'.
with otters and foxes testing positive for the virus.
He said the risk to humans remained low, noting that human cases have been rare since the flu strain emerged in 1996. Whole flocks have to be culled to try to curb the spread, with the number of dead birds now in the millions.Worst bird flu outbreak in UK historySince the outbreak started there have been five cases of H5N1 in humans worldwide, including one in the UK and one death in China.In October last year, mink started dying of bird flu at a farm in Spain.
In most instances where mammals become ill - including the otters and foxes in the UK - it's likely because they ate infected dead wild birds or their droppings.
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