China has reported the first-ever case of H10N3 strain of bird flu in a human being. According to China's National Health Commission, a 41-year-old man from the country's eastern Jiangsu province was diagnosed with the H10N3 infection. The commission also said H10N3 was low pathogenic meaning it did not cause severe diseases in poultry and was unlikely to spread rapidly. The World Health Organisation said the source of the H10N3 virus in the patient is not known. H10N3 is a low pathogenic or relatively less severe strain of the virus in poultry and the risk of it spreading on a large scale is very low.

Source: dna June 03, 2021 12:45 UTC