A new case of a high-pathogenic human influenza of the H5N6 bird influenza was recorded in China. This was reported by the RTHK radio station with reference to the notice of Hong Kong health authorities received from the mainland China, writes TASS.
infection revealed from the 68-year-old resident of the South Guangdong province. He held a poultry.
The symptoms of the disease have manifested itself on December 3, after another four days he was hospitalized. Now is under the supervision of physicians, his condition is regarded by doctors as critical.
The world’s first case of a person infection with the H5N6 bird influenza strain was recorded in May 2014 in the southwestern province of Sichuan. Since then, the number of such cases in China has reached 53. In 2021, 21 people died from the H5N6 strain.
Previously, Chinese doctors recorded the first person, the H10N3 bird influenza, which before it was transmitted only between the animals.