Bird flu spillover ‘concerning’, doctor warns – as virus in girl who died had mutations making it better adapted to humans

The bird flu virus isolated from a girl who died from the disease had mutations that made it better adapted to human cells, Sky News has learned.

The 11-year-old is believed to have been infected by poultry kept by her family in Prey Veng province, in the south of Cambodia.

Her father also tested positive for the H5N1 virus, but did not develop symptoms.

In full: https://news.sky.com/story/bird-flu-victim-had-virus-with-mutations-that-made-it-better-adapted-to-human-cells-12822936