Canada Reports First Presumptive Human Case of H5 Bird Flu; British Columbia Teen Hospitalized

Nov 10, 2024, 12:47 AM

Canada has reported its first presumptive human case of H5 avian influenza, with a teenager in British Columbia testing positive for the virus. The individual has been hospitalized, and the source of the infection remains unclear. This is the first detection of avian influenza due to the H5 virus in a person in British Columbia. Health officials are investigating the patient's exposures, monitoring contacts, and conducting genomic sequencing to determine any link to H5N1.