"Although there are now confirmed human cases of bird flu in our region, the risk to the general public remains low," stated Dr. Thomas Overton, Deputy County Health Officer for Tulare County Public Health.
Carrie Monteiro, public information officer for the county health agency, said officials are doing contact tracing with anyone in the workers' homes to find out if anyone else is infected.
California, the nation's leading milk producer, was among the last states in the nation to battle the highly infectious influenza in its cows."
Since [the discovery of the virus on Aug. 30], the number of infected herds has shot up to 53.
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