WHO = The World Health Organization introduced on the eleventh {that a} 56-year-old girl residing in Guangdong Province in southern China died final month after being contaminated with chook flu “H3N8 type”.
Human an infection with any such chook flu was first confirmed final yr in inland China and elsewhere, however that is the primary time that an contaminated particular person has died.
The deceased girl had underlying medical situations, together with a number of myeloma, in keeping with an announcement by Guangdong well being authorities.
The girl has touched poultry earlier than the onset of signs, so well being authorities are calling for avoiding contact as a lot as potential.
On the opposite hand, the WHO explains that the H3N8 sort is “the chance of spreading an infection is taken into account low as a result of this virus doesn’t have the power to simply transmit from individual to individual.”