The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have been infected with the H3N8 subtype of avian influenza, the WHO said in a statement late on Tuesday.
China H3N8 bird flu death: A 56-year-old woman in China, who is the first known human casualty of H3N8 bird flu, had spent time at a wet market before she became ill, as per the WHO