Man in China first to get H10N3 bird flu

By Dominique Patton and Hallie Gu
Updated June 2 2021 - 5:29am, first published 5:23am
A Zhenjiang man is thought to be the first person in the world to be infected with H10N3 bird flu.
A Zhenjiang man is thought to be the first person in the world to be infected with H10N3 bird flu.

A 41-year-old man in China's eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with a rare strain of bird flu known as H10N3, China's National Health Commission (NHC) says.

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