China has reported the first-ever case of bird flu h10N3 infection in a human being, china’s health authorities have said it was occasional poultry to human transmission and the risk of a large-scale spread is extremely low. The rare infection has been detected in the jiangsu province in china in a patient aged 41 years old, According to china’s national health commission, the man had a fever and other symptoms on april 23 and was admitted to a local medical institute for treatment on april 28th.

The person is likely to have contracted the infection from respiratory droplets of poultry experts summoned by NHC believe the entire genetic analysis of the virus showed that the h10N3 viruses were of avian in origin and did not have the ability to effectively infect humans, The NHC has instructed Jiangsu to carry out relevant epidemic prevention and control measures, All closed contacts of the patient have been put under medical observation. Local authorities have conducted emergency monitoring with no abnormalities found, So far the patient’s condition is currently stable, and is ready to be discharged from the hospital.

NHC announcement said that nhc has issued a warning for the public to avoid contact with sick or dead poultry H10N3 or bird flu is normally lethal towild birds and poultry as it can spread through respiratory droplets among the animals, Many different strains of avian influenza are present in china and some sporadically infect people, usually those working with poultry

What Is Bird Flu?

Bird flu viruses infect birds including chickens other poultry and wild birds such as stocks, most bird flu viruses can only infect other birds however bird flu can pose health risks to people. the first case of a bird flu virus infecting a person directly h5n1 who was in Hong Kong in 1997, since then the bird flu virus has spread to birds and countries in Asia Africa the Middle East, and Europe.

human infection is still very rare but the virus that causes the infection in birds might change or mutate to more easily infect humans this could lead to a pandemic a worldwide outbreak of the illness.

What Are The Symptoms Of Bird Flu?

During an outbreak of bird flu people who have contact with infected birds can become sick it may also be possible to catch bird flu by eating poultry or eggs that are not well cooked or through contact with a person who has it bird flu can make people very sick or even cause death.

Is There Any Vaccine Available For Bird Flu?

Antiviral medicines may make the illness less severe and may help prevent the flu and people who were exposed to it there is currently no vaccine.

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