Avian #Influenza #Report - May 3 – 9 '26 (Wk 19) (#HK PRC SAR CHP, May 12 '26): 1 new #human #fatal case of #H5N6 virus in #Chongqing, #China

 

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Avian influenza A(H5N6): 

-- Chongqing Municipality: 

- The case involved a 55-year-old woman with symptom onset on April 16, 2026. 

- She was hospitalised on April 23 with severe pneumonia but died on May 3.   

- She had purchased lived poultry, slaughtered and consumed them. 

- Environmental samples taken from a chopping board from her home tested positive for avian influenza A(H5). 

- All close contacts tested negative and developed no symptoms.  

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Source: 

Link: https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/2026_avian_influenza_report_vol22_wk19.pdf

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