CDC Sends Team to Colorado Over Bird Flu After Governor Declares Disaster

There is currently a ‘low’ risk to the public, the agency said, adding that ’there are no signs of unexpected increases in flu activity otherwise in Colorado.'

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. (Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sending a team to Colorado after the state reported that three people tested positive for bird flu.

The move comes days after the governor declared a disaster over the virus in a northeast county.