Norfolk Poultry Worker Contracts H7N3 Bird Flu Strain, UK

One of the poultry workers who worked at Witford Lodge Farm in Norfolk, England, has become infected with the H7N3 Bird Flu virus strain. He is not in hospital, as H7 does not make humans very ill, but he has conjunctivitis. He or she had been in close physical contact with infected birds. The worker does not want to be named. Antiviral Tamiflu was administered to poultry workers on the farm as a precautionary measure. Source : Medical News