First case of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds in Brazil

[Brazil's first case of bird flu in wild birds] May 16, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry confirmed on May 15 local time that two cases of bird flu have been found among wild birds inhabiting the country. This is also the first registered case of highly pathogenic bird flu in Brazil. It is reported that the two wild birds infected with H5N1 virus, belonging to crested terns, were rescued by rescuers off the coast of the state of Espiritu Santo in northeastern Brazil, and then detected the bird flu virus in their bodies.