A Michigan dairy worker has become the second person in the United States infected with bird flu in the current outbreak.
The individual tested positive for the H5N1 virus in his eye, suggesting he contracted it by splashing contaminated milk or rubbing his eye with his hand.
The CDC has not released details about the patient’s condition, only that he was showing “symptoms” consistent with an eye infection.
The agency is conducting tests to assess whether the virus has mutated in a way that would make it more infectious or deadly to people.
At the moment, officials insist the risk to the public remains “low” and there are no signs that people can easily transmit the virus to others.
The map above shows states that have reported avian flu infections in dairy herds.
It comes after a Texas farmworker became “patient zero” of the current outbreak last month. He also suffered an eye infection.
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