22.04.2012

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed that three poultry workers and officials working in animal quarantine have tested positive for antibodies for the H5N2 strain of avian influenza.
All three people are healthy and none have developed any flu symptoms. The H5N2 strain of avian influenza does not cause disease in humans.
Taiwan confirmed the first outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza March 3 after chicken farms in Changhua and Nantou counties, as well as in Tainan, reported avian influenza outbreaks. Over 75,000 chickens have been culled as a result of the outbreaks.