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China reports first human death due to H3N8 bird flu

 Published: 05:33, 12 April 2023

China reports first human death due to H3N8 bird flu

A 56-year-old woman in southern China has died after testing positive for H3N8 avian influenza, marking the first human death from that strain of bird flu, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

While H3N8 is “one of the most frequently found” subtypes of flu in birds, it had not been detected in humans before two cases emerged in April and May last year, both in China.

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