Spain: H5N1 detected in a worker at a poultry farm
3 October, 2022
The Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES ) of the Ministry of Health has notified in a report, about the detection of avian influenza A (H5N1) in a sample of a poultry farm worker in Guadalajara.
On September 27, 2022, the National Center for Microbiology confirmed the detection in a sample that was taken on the 23rd in the context of control and early detection actions around an H5N1 focus.
The report indicates that the worker remained asymptomatic and in home isolation until day 28, when another sample was negative by PCR. The tests carried out on the rest of the workers on the farm were negative.
