Eduardo Light says the test of avian flu in a worker in Rio Grande Do Sul
A farm worker in the Montenegro Municipality Rio Grande Do SulIt has features Avian Flu If the disease is a negative result, the state governor said, Eduardo Light.
Earlier, the State Health Department (SES) stated that the worker of the establishment had flu symptoms. According to the folder, he had relationships with sick birds and went home alone.
The Ministry of Health also reported in a statement that Avian Influenza had dismissed the suspicious case of an agricultural worker in the Monthenegro Municipality, where the disease was focused on birds.
Tuesday afternoon, the FiocarzFor this type of analysis, the reference laboratory, confirmed that testing for the disease is negative. At this time, there are other suspicious cases or investigations in Brazil.
Ministry of Health, State Secretariat of Health Rio Grande Do Sul.
The folder reinforces that “there are no records in the world of disease transmission in a person from one person to another.”
The risk of human infection is minimal and does not occur by the consumption of meat or eggs, but through a direct contact with unhealthy birds or contaminated environments.
28 -day milestone
After joining with milk, the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos PhaveoHe said that although he was supposed to start this week later this week, the farm would be postponed. According to him, this process needs to be done strictly, so that Brazil can maintain the status of the country without high pathogenic avior influenza.
– We combine actions here, to further strengthen the system and reach the entire disinfection of the farm as soon as possible. We already have a commitment that Marco Zero may be tomorrow (Wednesday), but this is not possible. This approach must be very strong to ensure that we have no new focus in Brazil for more than 28 days.
He stressed the importance of joint action between the Union, the state government and the Montenegro City Hall (RS) to have the progress of the virus Avian Flu. Fevaro pointed out that it is mandatory to ensure a strong and active health response – with the three -level coordination efforts – with the three levels of coordination.
– In this particular case, it is possible to emphasize that the Federal Government, Rio Grande Do Sul and Montenegro Municipality, allows the block to remain effective and do not spread attention.
Infection risk
In a note published on Tuesday, the State Health Surveillance Center (CEVS) emphasizes that the risk of uvary influenza infection in humans is considered low and there is no risk of egg and chicken meat consumption:
“The transmission occurs mainly in infected, alive or dead poultry or mammalian and often in contact with people with mammals. The disease does not spread through the consumption of well -prepared foods, and the transmission between people is very limited.”
A. Cess From the diagnosis of animal infection, people who have close contacts with these animals will monitor that they are not characterized by 10 days.
The portfolio ended, saying, “If a human case is to be formally considered suspicious, there is a need to simultaneously have clinical evidence (presence of symptoms) and epidemiological evidence.
According to data from the World Health Organization (OMS), Between January 2024 and May 2025, 72 cases of avian influenza in humans have been confirmed in the area America – Number USACanada and Mexico.
