(SRN NEWS/AP) -Bird flu virus has been detected in a retail sample of raw milk from a dairy in Fresno, California, state health officials said. Pasteurized milk remains safe to drink.
Also in California, health officials have confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor. The child had mild symptoms, was treated with antiviral medication and is recovering, the CDC said in announcing the test results.
And overseas, Belgian poultry farmers need to confine their birds from Saturday to prevent outbreaks of bird flu, the government announced. Belgium has not seen recent outbreaks of bird flu, but they have been reported in neighbors the Netherlands, Germany and France.