First H3N8 bird flu victim may have caught virus from a WET MARKET – as it’s revealed China did not report 56-year-old woman’s case for a month
- The woman first became ill on February, 22 and died on March, 16
- Samples later taken from the wet market tested positive for influenza A(H3)
- The H3N8 strain is not normally thought to spread between humans
- Vaccine makers say they’re ‘standing ready’ for human bird flu pandemic
A Chinese woman who became the first person to ever die from the H3N8 strain of bird flu may have caught the killer strain from a wet market.
The 56-year-old, from the Guangdong province, first became ill on February 22 and was admitted to the hospital with severe pneumonia on March 3.
She died 13 days later on March 16.
But health officials believe she caught the virus from a wet market, where she spent time before becoming ill.
Samples taken from the site in question tested positive for influenza A(H3), the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
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