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Reporting period: Jan 5, 2025 – Jan 11, 2025 (Week 2)
(Published on January 14, 2025)
Summary
1. 1. 2. 3. Since the previous issue of Avian Influenza Report (AIR), there was one new human case
of avian influenza A(H5N1) from Cambodia reported by its Ministry of Health. From
2015 to 2024, 0 to 145 confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) were reported
to the World Health Organization (WHO) annually (according to onset date).* The latest
case was reported on January 10, 2025.
2. Since the previous issue of AIR, there were no new human cases of avian influenza
A(H5N6). Since 2014 (as of January 11, 2025), there were 93 human cases of avian
influenza A(H5N6) reported globally and 92 of them occurred in Mainland China. The
latest case was reported on July 24, 2024.
3. Since the previous issue of AIR, there were no new human cases of avian influenza
A(H7N9). Since March 2013 (as of January 11, 2025), there were a total of 1568 human
cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) reported globally (all were reported in the seven waves
between 2013 and September 2019). The latest case was reported on April 5, 2019.
This week’s highlights
(Sources: World Health Organization (WHO), Overseas health authorities, National Health
Commission (NHC), Mainland health authorities, Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of
China, Centre for Health Protection (CHP) and World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH;
Founded as OIE)) ...
https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/202...vol21_wk02.pdf
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