article_snippet: Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson (right) said: 'We can only prepare for the worst and hope for the best' No other commercial flocks are nearby, Hartmann said, but 'backyard flocks' within a 10-kilometer area (approximately six miles) were being tested for the disease.
article_snippet: The risk to humans is low, state and federal officials announced on Thursday.
article_snippet: Minnesota Commissioner Ed Ehlinger stressed there is no danger to the general public .
article_snippet: Minnesota Health Commissioner Ed Ehlinger said the only humans at risk were four people who worked directly with the infected flock and four people who worked directly with the infected flock will be monitored.
article_snippet: However, no human infections from this strain have been detected anywhere, Minnesota Health Commissioner Ed Ehlinger said. '
article_snippet: There are no food safety concerns at this time,' Minnesota Health Commissioner Ed Ehlinger said. '
article_snippet: This is not a threat to the general public.'
article_snippet: the state got confirmation of the virus from a U.S. Department of Agriculture lab on Wednesday night.
highlights_snippet: Officials stress that the risk to humans is low and no infections from this strain have been detected anywhere .