WHO allays fear over human-to-human transmission of H5N1bird flu

The UN health agency, World Health organisation (WHO), says the H5NI avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human transmission.

So far, one human case has been reported in the United States since the outbreak of bird flu among the millions of dairy cattle across the country.

At least 220 people are monitored and at least 30 have been tested.