Two poultry staff within the U.Ok. have examined constructive for chicken flu, however that they had no signs and there isn’t any proof of transmission between individuals, the Health Security Agency mentioned Tuesday.

The two are the primary people to check constructive for the virus within the U.Ok. because the company introduced a case of a 79-year-old English man who was contaminated after permitting geese into his house.

The company mentioned bird-to-human transmission of avian flu had occurred within the U.Ok. solely a small variety of instances previous to that January 2022 an infection.

The poultry staff who examined constructive for the H5 pressure had been believed to have been uncovered to sick birds whereas working on the similar farm, which was not recognized.

Poultry farms had been beneath order from November till mid-April to maintain all birds indoors after avian flu was found on dozens of farms. Since October 2021, the U.Ok. has confronted its worst outbreak of avian influenza, with tons of of instances confirmed and hundreds of thousands of birds culled.

The constructive checks had been detected by means of screening of poultry staff uncovered to contaminated birds. The two staff have since examined destructive.

Precautionary contact tracing was being executed, the company mentioned.

Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser on the company, mentioned the extent of danger to human well being from chicken flu was very low within the basic inhabitants.

“Current proof means that the avian influenza viruses we’re seeing circulating in birds around the globe don’t unfold simply to individuals,” Hopkins said. “Globally, there is no evidence of spread of this strain from person to person, but we know that viruses evolve all the time and we remain vigilant for any evidence of changing risk to the population.”