First human death from H3N8 bird flu recorded in China, WHO says

The woman who died was a 56-year-old from Guangdong province in southeast China

A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China in the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain.

The World Health Organisation confirmed the death from the virus which had not been detected in humans before two non-fatal cases emerged – both also in China – in April and May last year.

The woman who died was a 56-year-old from Guangdong province in southeast China.