PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (08): China (GD) H9N2

Avian Influenza — China
This morning [4 May 2021] Hong Kong’s CHP reported mainland China’s 12th H9N2 infection of 2021, involving a 30 year old woman from Guangdong province with onset on 20 Apr 2021. Also, Cambodia reported a case — also in April — involving a 3 year old boy.
While most H9N2 infections are mild, their reported incidence has risen sharply in 2021. Whether this rise is more to do with better surveillance and reporting or is propelled by increased transmission of the virus to humans, is