A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people. Watch this to know everything about this virus.

H3N8 bird flu: Everything you need to know about the virus

A little over a fortnight after China reported its first case of H3N8 bird flu in 2023, a 56-year-old woman has died in the country's Guangdong province, becoming the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain, according to World Health Organization (WHO).

First H3N8 bird flu death reported in China, says WHO

Amid the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the country, China reported the first case of human infection of bird flu. Chinese authorities have maintained that the risk of the H3N8 strain spreading among humans was low.

China reports first human case of bird flu; four-year old boy infected

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