BEIJING: A human infection with the H10N3 strain of avian influenza was found in Zhenjiang City of east China’s Jiangsu Province, the National Health Commission (NHC) said.
The patient, a 41-year-old man, developed fever and other symptoms on April 23 and was hospitalised on April 28.
“He is now in stable condition and has broadly met the standards for discharge, ” the NHC noted yesterday.
All close contacts of the patient in Jiangsu had been placed under medical observation and emergency monitoring had been initiated, said the NHC, adding that nothing abnormal had been detected.
The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention carried out whole-genome sequencing of the specimen on May 28 and the result was positive for the H10N3 virus.
First Known Case of H10N3 Bird Flu Caught by a Human Has Been Reported in China
NICOLETTA LANESE, LIVE SCIENCE
2 JUNE 2021
A man in China caught the first case of H10N3 bird flu ever reported in a human, China s National Health Commission (NHC) announced Tuesday (June 1).
The H10N3 strain of avian influenza normally causes mild disease in birds, and until now, no cases of the viral infection had been reported in humans, according to a statement on the NHC website, as translated by Reuters. But on April 23, a 41-year-old man in the city of Zhenjiang developed a fever that progressed over the following days, and on April 28, he went to a local hospital for treatment.
China reported the world’s first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain yesterday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was very low.
A 41-year-old man, a resident of Zhenjiang
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China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu: How dangerous is it?
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There are many different strains of avian influenza in China and some sporadically infect people, generally those working with poultry. Workers vaccinate chickens with H9 bird flu vaccine at a farm in Changfeng county. (Image: Reuters)
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Updated: Jun 1, 2021, 03:44 PM IST
China has reported the first case of human infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu from the country s eastern Jiangsu province, China s National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday.