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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

China records first known human death from H3N8 bird flu, says WHO

A woman in China has become the world’s first known human fatality from H3N8 bird flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

The strain has been circulating since 2002 and is known to infect horses, dogs and seals, as well as birds.

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