The first case of a strain of bird flu virus named A(H5N8), having infected people from birds, has been registered in Russia with it reported to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported in Russia, Europe, China, the Middle East and North Africa in recent months but so far only in poultry.

But now Russia has reported the first case of human infection to the WHO, where seven workers at a poultry plant in Russia’s south had been infected with the H5N8 strain in an outbreak at the plant.

WHO’s European arm said it had been notified by Russia about a case of human infection with H5N8 and acknowledged this would, if confirmed, be the first time the strain had infected people.

Preliminary information indicates that the reported cases were workers exposed to bird flocks.

There are discussions with national authorities to gather more information and assess the public health impact of this event. As Russia says the infected people are asymptomatic with no onward human to human transmission reported.

Bird flu outbreaks often prompt poultry plants to kill their birds to prevent the virus from spreading, and avoid importing countries having to impose trade restrictions.

Many cases are spread by migrating wild birds, so producing countries tend to keep their poultry indoors or protected from contact with wildlife.

Russia’s Vector Institute for Virology and Biotechnology said it would start developing human tests and a vaccine against the H5N8 virus.

The Biblical prophecies (Matthew 24, Luke 21) foretell that there will be pestilence in the Last Days signaling the world is nearing the end of this age.

These events and conditions happening now are warning signs pointing to the nearing fulfillment of the Last Days prophecies at the end of this age revealing it’s time to prepare now for the nearing appearance of Jesus Christ for His Church by being born again spiritually into the Kingdom of God as Jesus said we must (John 3) and His Apostles who were authorized (Matthew 16:19) described how (Acts 2).

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