The Department of Health of the People’s Republic of China has reported a fatality in Chongqing Province attributed to H5N6 infection. The 68-year-old patient developed symptoms on August 5th and died two weeks later. There was a history of exposure to live domestic poultry prior to onset of symptoms.
According to Government records, there have been 87 cases of avian influenza H5N6 in humans in China since 2014. Infection among humans in both rural and urban china associated with wet markets has been suppressed by widespread administration of H5 vaccine to poultry raised for sale in live markets.
Cambodia reported a fatality in a 50-year old man attributed to H5N1 infection. The case in Svay Rieng Province is the third in the Nation this year and the 59th since 2005. Heath authorities are investigating the circumstances of the case. It is understood that the virus isolated from the patient and a child unrelated to the adult case conformed to clade 2.3.2.1c . This strain has circulated in poultry in Cambodia for a number of years, predating clade 2.3.4.4b that is now widespread among migratory birda and commercial poultry on five continents