B.C. health authorities provide latest information on presumed first human case of avian influenza

B.C.'s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will hold a live update Tuesday morning to discuss the detection of the first presumptive positive human case of avian influenza due to an H5 virus acquired in B.C. or Canada is.

This update will be broadcast live at 11:30am.

Last weekend, it was reported that a teenage boy was admitted to BC Children's Hospital with suspected H5 avian influenza.

Health authorities have told the public they are working to determine how the patient contracted the virus and who he came into contact with.

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H5 avian influenza: British Columbia reports first human case of suspected avian influenza

The state said in a statement over the weekend that the boy likely contracted the virus from a bird or animal.

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Health officials urge everyone to keep their vaccines up to date, practice good hygiene and wash their hands regularly.

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H5 avian influenza is widespread in wild birds around the world, causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cattle in the United States, and several recent cases of human infection from dairy and poultry workers in the United States. .

According to Health Canada, human-to-human transmission is rare and there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission.

It is an airborne virus and cannot be infected by eating eggs or chicken.

This story will be updated after the 11:30 a.m. live broadcast.

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