YAKIMA, Wash. – A human in Yakima County has tested positive for avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, the Yakima Health District (YHD) confirmed in a press release. YHD said the resident was exposed to infected dairy cattle and has not experienced severe sickness or hospitalization.
Despite this, YHD said the risk to the general public “remains low.”
“People at greater risk include dairy workers and others who have close or prolonged contact with infected animals or environments contaminated with the virus,” YHD said. “Transmission of avian influenza between humans is extremely rare and has never been documented in the United States.”…