The World Health Organization announces the first death from bird flu in China
The World Health Organization announced, on Tuesday, that a woman had died in China as a result of infection with the H3N8 bird flu, a virus that has been circulating since 2002, and no death has occurred before.
The H3N8 virus was detected for the first time on the North American continent and is known to be transmitted to horses, dogs and sea lions.
Two non-fatal human infections were previously recorded in China in April and May of 2022.
The woman who died of the virus was a resident of Guangdong Province, in southeastern China, and she died at the age of 56.
The woman had contracted the disease on February 22, and was transferred on the third of March to the hospital to receive treatment for pneumonia, and she died on March 16, according to the World Health Organization.
The organization indicated in a statement that "the patient was suffering from chronic diseases, and had previously had contact with live poultry before the disease appeared, and wild birds had previously been around her house."
She said, "None of those who came into contact with this case developed infection or symptoms of the disease until the time of preparing this report."
Visiting the live bird market may be the reason for catching the infection, but “the exact source of this infection is not yet known, as well as the link between this virus and other types of avian influenza type H3N8 circulating in the animal environment,” according to the World Health Organization, which called for research on this matter. matter.
The organization stressed that the available data showed that this v Organization irus is not transmitted between humans, and therefore "the risk of its spread at the national, regional and global levels is considered low." However, she stressed the need for continuous monitoring due to the permanent mutations of viruses.
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