WHO announced that a man in Mexico has died from a strain of bird flu known as H5N2, marking the first human case of this variant globally.
The deceased, a 59-year-old man, passed away after experiencing severe symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, diarrhea, & nausea.
The origin of the virus in this case remains unknown, although H5N2 has been detected in poultry within Mexico.
The H5N2 case in Mexico is unrelated to the ongoing H5N1 bird flu outbreak in the US. Globally, other bird flu variants have previously caused human fatalities.