China confirmed the world’s first H3N8 bird flu case in humans was found in the country. China’s National Health Commission insisted the disease was unlikely to spread to others. The patient was reported to be a four year old child in Henan province who had touched pet chickens and ravens at home. The child had a fever on April 5 and visited a hospital for a check on April 10. The National Health Commission said there was no close contact with the disease, and the disease was hard to spread to others. The H3N8 bird flu was exposed in 2002 […]
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