Do Not Touch Sick or Dead Wild Animals - THL Reminds of the Risk of Bird Flu

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Bird flu is not easily transmitted to humans, but if it does, it can cause serious illness. Domestic animals and pets can also become infected.

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More birds infected with bird flu, sick or dead, have been observed this year than last year. The virus does not easily infect humans, but if it does, it can cause serious illness. So avoid touching dead or sick animals you find in nature. This is what the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, THL, warns about. The H5N1 bird flu virus is currently circulating in wild birds in Finland as well. Infections have also been observed sporadically i…