China Reports Death Of Woman From Two Combined Strains Of Bird Flu
China has recently reported the death of a 63-year-old woman from East China's Anhui province due to a mixed infection of H3N2 and H10N5 flu strains, but the case is rare and the risk of human-to-human transmission is low, according to health authorities. The woman, a resident of Xuancheng, Anhui, had multiple underlying diseases. She exhibited coughing, a sore throat, and a fever on Nov 30 and was admitted to a local hospital on Dec 2, according to a statement released by the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration on Tuesday. On Dec 7, she was transferred to a hospital in neighboring Zhejiang province, where she died on Dec 16.