On the 20th, Popova, director of the Russian Federation’s Consumer Rights Protection and Public Welfare Supervision Agency, said that 7 people in Russia were confirmed to be infected with the H5N8 avian influenza virus. This is the first time that humans have been infected with the avian influenza virus in the world.

Popova said on the same day that in December last year, an avian influenza outbreak broke out in a farm in southern Russia. Experts from the Russian "Vector" National Science Center isolated genetic material of the bird flu virus from seven employees of the farm.

Popova, Director of the Consumer Protection and Public Welfare Supervision Bureau of the Russian Federation: The Russian Federation has confirmed a case of human infection with the H5N8 virus. Experts from the "Vector" National Science Center isolated the H5N8 virus from 7 employees in a farm Genetic material.

Popova said, "This is the world's first human infection with the H5N8 avian influenza virus." She also said that Russia has immediately taken relevant necessary measures. Seven infected people have mild symptoms, and human-to-human transmission has not been found, but it is not ruled out that the virus will mutate and cause human-to-human transmission in the future.

It is understood that the H5N8 avian influenza virus is a highly contagious virus that spreads among poultry. In recent months, H5N8 avian influenza outbreaks have occurred in many places around the world, causing a large number of deaths of poultry and wild birds. However, since the H5N8 avian influenza virus was first discovered in 2014, no cases of human infection with this virus have been found. 

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