A 11-year-old boy from Haryana who died today at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was infected with the H5N1 virus, which is also called 'avian influenza' or 'bird flu'.
This is believed to be the first case of H5N1 among humans in India, and the first bird flu death this year.
A report from Pune's National Institute of Virology confirmed the infection.
Sources told news agency PTI his samples tested negative for COVID-19 (testing for which is now routine at hospitals) but was positive for influenza and H5N1 was confirmed by by the NIV.
