Man infected at work by sick parrot awarded

A man has been awarded £700,000 in compensation after being left disabled and wheelchair-bound as the result of a disease he caught from a parrot at work.

Glyn Atherton was working as an assistant manager at a Focus Do It All store when he caught psittacosis - a lung disease similar to pneumonia. The infected parrot belonged to pet business Petworld, which rented out space at the store.

Humans can contract psittacosis from infected birds by breathing in particles from their waste pr... (212 more words)

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