China reports new bird flu strain case

China reported the world's first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain yesterday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low. A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in the eastern city of Zhenjiang on April 28 and was diagnosed with H10N3 a month later, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in an online statement. "The risk of large-scale spread is extremely low" . The last human epidemic of bird flu in China occurred in late 2016 to 2017, with the H7N9 virus.