China announces the world's first human case of bird flu "H10N3"

China announced today, Tuesday, the world's first human case of bird flu (H10N3), in east China's Jiangsu Province.

 

The National Health Commission of China - in a statement today - said that the case is a 41-year-old man from "Zhenjiang" city, "Jiangsu" Province, where the man suffered from a high temperature and other symptoms on April 23, and he was admitted to a local medical center for treatment. On April 28th.

 

The committee added that the complete genetic analysis of the virus obtained from the patient showed his positive infection with the H10N3 virus, making it the first human case of this strain of the virus, explaining that the analysis also showed that the virus was transmitted to the man through poultry, and that the risk of its widespread spread is very low. .

 

And the committee added, "No human cases of H10N3 virus have been reported in the world, and this case is an accidental transmission between poultry and humans, and the risk of the virus spreading in a large scale is very low."

 

For his part, "Yang Chanqiu" Vice President of Pathology Department at the Chinese "Wuhan" University - in a statement today - that the H10N3 virus is a subtype of the influenza A virus, also known as the bird flu virus, and that this strain is usually fatal to birds. Wild and poultry, which can be spread through respiratory droplets between animals.

 

It is not known how this man contracted the virus, Qiu added, but it is possible that he contracted the infection from the poultry respiratory droplets or direct contact with live sick poultry.

 

Qiu pointed out that this strain represents a low risk to humans, and there is no evidence indicating that it can be transmitted from one person to another, pointing out that "we must not exaggerate our reaction to it, and more monitoring must be done to find out how it spreads."

 

The National Health Commission in China issued directives to Jiangsu Province - where the case appeared - to implement epidemic prevention and control measures, while all those in contact with the patient were placed under medical observation.

 

The committee noted that the patient's condition is currently stable and ready to be discharged from the hospital.