A Michigan dairy worker was confirmed as the second case of bird flu linked to dairy cows among humans in the United States.

The second-ever case of bovine-to-human transmission of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 1, weeks after the first case of the disease was confirmed in Texas cows. State and public health officials confirmed a second case of the current outbreak on Wednesday, this time in Michigan.

The dairy worker only suffered mild symptoms and quickly recovered, according to Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services. Health officials stress that the risk of a disease outbreak remains low.

“Michigan has led a swift public health response, and we have been tracking this situation closely since influenza A (H5N1) was detected in poultry and dairy herds in Michigan. Farmworkers who have been exposed to impacted animals have been asked to report even mild symptoms, and testing for the virus has been made available,” Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive of the MDHHS, said.

“The current health risk to the general public remains low,” she added. “This virus is being closely monitored, and we have not seen signs of sustained human-to-human transmission at this point. This is exactly how public health is meant to work, in early detection and monitoring of new and emerging illnesses.”

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The nation’s first-ever case of human-to-bovine disease transmission occurred in Colorado in 2022.

Bird flu is exceedingly rare, and most cases are clustered in underdeveloped areas in Southeast Asia and Africa. However, the disease is known for its exceedingly high fatality rate of over 52%.