The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed the country's first case of H5N1 bird flu infection in a child, who experienced mild symptoms and is recovering from their illness.

A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a commercial poultry farm in Cornwall. The government said all poultry on the infected premises - near Rosudgeon, St Ives - would be humanely culled and a 3km (1.

All test results from members of the household were negative for H5 bird flu, and some family members were positive for the same common respiratory viruses as the child. Contact tracing continues, but there is currently no evidence of person-to-person spread of H5N1 bird flu from this child to others.