UK confirms bird flu outbreak in Yorkshire

The news came just hours after authorities raised the risk level of the disease from medium to high.

British authorities have ordered the destruction of all poultry in the infected facility, and established a 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone around the farm.

The most recent outbreak of bird flu in the UK occurred in February, described as the largest outbreak ever in the country, with the H5N1 strain of the virus different to the new strain discovered in Yorkshire.

In recent years, bird flu has killed hundreds of millions of birds globally and spread to mammals, raising concerns about the risk of human-to-human transmission.

In July, US scientists reported the first case of bird flu spreading from mammals to humans, showing the evolution of this dangerous virus. Specifically, a farm worker in Texas tested positive for the H5N1 virus, believed to have been infected by sick cattle. Previously, human infections were transmitted from poultry and there were some deaths.

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