Woman dies from H10N8 bird flu in Jiangxi  

江西發現一例人感染H10N8禽流感病例 患者已死亡

12月17日，江西省衛生廳在其官方網站發布消息稱，近日，南昌市通過監測在1例病例標本中檢測出甲型流感病毒，經中國疾病預防控制中心進一步檢測確定為H10N8禽流感病毒。[查看全文]

(ECNS) – Health authorities in Jiangxi province confirmed that an elderly woman in Nanchang died on Dec 6 after contracting the H10N8 virus, a new strain of bird flu. 

The woman, 73 years old, was admitted to a hospital in Nanchang on Nov 30, and her clinical diagnosis was severe pneumonia, according to the emergency response office of the provincial health department. 

She suffered from underlying chronic illnesses like hypertension, heart disease, and myasthenia gravis. 

The woman visited a local live poultry market before falling ill. 

Her relatives who had been in contact with her have so far shown no abnormal symptoms.

An initial assessment suggested the death was an individual case and the risk of human infection remained low, according to a local expert.