Three cases of H3N8 detected in China since 2022 as World Health Organization says strain doesn’t appear to spread easily between humans
A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported – the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain.
H3N8 is known to have been circulating since 2002 after first emerging in North American waterfowl. It is known to infect horses, dogs and seals.
