The world is on high alert when it comes to viruses these days following roughly two years of life dominated by Covid-19.
Bird flu is far from a new name on the potentially world-changing-pandemic roster, but in past months concerning trends have been emerging about the movements of the virus.
On Wednesday April 27, China detected a case of the H3N8 virus in a human for the first time, identifying it in a four-year-old boy who had been in contact with chickens and cows at his home, China’s National Health Commission said.