Christine McNab
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Christine McNab
birds children easier home maybe might playing sick
It might be because children were home for the holidays, maybe playing with birds around the house, and sick birds are easier to catch.
cases china human outside southeast
If it's confirmed, these would be the first human cases outside China and Southeast Asia.
assessment change children general happened infected population risk seen
What's happened here is what we have already seen in Asia. These children were infected by infected poultry, so it doesn't change our assessment of risk for the general population in Europe.