Colorado dairy worker tests positive for bird flu, 4th person linked to outbreak

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A fourth dairy worker in the U.S. has been infected with bird flu. Health officials said Wednesday that the worker in Colorado had an eye infection and has since recovered.

Experts say people shouldn’t allow their chickens to roam cage-free in backyards to protect against the highly infectious bird flu, which has killed roughly 31 million poultry across the country this year. The disease can be spread through the feces of migrating waterfowl.

The Colorado worker is a man who had direct exposure to infected dairy cows, Colorado health officials said. He developed pink eye, or conjunctivitis, received antiviral treatment and has recovered.

 

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