China is facing an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza, which has become severe since late January. The virus has spread across multiple provinces, including Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shanghai, causing severe losses for poultry farmers. Reports indicate a high number of H5N1 cases in poultry, with some number of cases observed in humans.
Shanghai announced a ban on live poultry trading, active through the end of 2027. On February 11, an employee from China’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed that human cases of avian flu had been detected in Shanxi Province. Thai media quoted a staff member from the Shanxi CDC saying that 2,000 people in the province had been infected with H5N1 avian influenza, resulting in 300 deaths. While Chinese state media have remained silent, CDC employees across Shanxi have begun conducting surveillance for “human avian influenza” as early as mid-January.
An exclusive report by The Epoch Times cited an insider working in China’s epidemic prevention sector who said he had personally encountered over a hundred cases of H5N1 in humans, with a 68% fatality rate among those cases – significantly higher than that of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was reported that China has been quietly building its infamous modular hospitals that it used to quarantine patients during COVID, in multiple provinces.
As of this writing, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. CDC have not reported any known cases of human-to-human H5N1 transmission — all known cases in humans have been a result of animal-to-human transmission.
Source: Epoch Times, February 15, 2025
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