China Breaks Record and is positioned in Being the First in the World with the First Contagion of Avian Flu in Humans.
The world's first human case of the H10N3 bird flu, a disease that generally affects birds, occurs in China, but authorities say the risk of spreading the epidemic is extremely low.
sourceA 41-year-old patient from the eastern city of Zhenjiang was admitted to hospital on April 28 due to fever.
The Health Ministry said that after a month, doctors concluded that he had the disease.
The risk of widespread transmission in humans is extremely low, he said in a statement, noting that the patient could be discharged from the hospital soon.
Health authorities in Jiangsu province have tested all contact cases and so far have not detected anyone infected with the virus.
No details were given about the conditions of its contamination.
The Health Department noted that H10N3 does not have the potential to infect humans and is still low pathogenic in birds, meaning it is unlikely to cause disease.
sourceThe ministerial statement stated that so far no other human cases of H10N3 have been reported anywhere else in the world.
Several strains of the virus that cause avian influenza have been found in animals in China, but mass epidemics in humans are rare.
The H7N9 virus has killed at least 300 people between 2016 and 2017 according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
sourceThe coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 was detected for the first time at the end of 2019 in the city of Wuhan (central China) and now it is again imposed with the first case of bird flu in a human for the first time in the world, only us It remains to hope that these news do not extend to serious, thank you for visiting my block.
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