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First human infected with new bird flu strain in China – Yahoo New Zealand News
The risk of an outbreak is ‘extremely low’.
Watch: Bird flu strain reported in human in China
A man has caught a new bird flu strain in the first known human case.
The unnamed 41-year-old was admitted to hospital with a fever in the eastern city of Zhenjiang, China, on 28 April.
He was diagnosed with the so-called H10N3 strain one month later, Chinese officials have confirmed.
While it may sound alarming particularly amid the coronavirus pandemic the man is said to be in a stable condition and will be discharged shortly.
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