China has recorded the world’s first death from the H3N8 strain of bird flu.
according to The World Health Organisation (WHO), it was notified by China’s health commission of one confirmed case of human infection with the H3N8 bird flu virus.
The patient was a 56-year-old female with an onset of illness on February 22.
She was hospitalised for severe pneumonia on March 3 and died on March 16.
The WHO said the case is the third reported case of human infection with the H3N8 virus with all three cases been reported from China.
