Yakima County Resident Dies of Bird Flu After Dairy Exposure, 3rd Human Case Confirmed
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Updated · KOMO News · Nov 2
Yakima County Resident Dies of Bird Flu After Dairy Exposure, 3rd Human Case Confirmed
3 articles · Updated · KOMO News · Nov 2
Summary
Yakima Health District said a hospitalized Yakima County resident died Sunday from avian influenza complications after exposure at a dairy with infected cattle.
The patient had underlying health conditions, and officials are withholding the person's name, age and gender at the family's request.
A third confirmed human case was also identified in a Yakima County resident exposed to infected dairy cattle; that person has not been hospitalized or developed severe illness.
Health officials are monitoring close contacts of both cases for symptoms and said human-to-human transmission is extremely rare and has never been documented in the United States.
Governor Bob Ferguson said state officials are coordinating with public health and agriculture agencies, while maintaining that the risk to the general public remains low.