{"id":617940,"date":"2026-10-02T00:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617940\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T00:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:50:08","slug":"china-reports-two-additional-h9n2-avian-influenza-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617940\/","title":{"rendered":"China reports two additional H9N2 avian influenza cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China reported two additional human infections with avian influenza A(H9N2) virus, from 18 to 24 September 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Both cases were 1-year-old females, one from Henan Province, with symptom onset on 30 August 2026, and one from Guangdong Province, with symptom onset on 7 September 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Henan case reported direct exposure to poultry, while the Guangdong case had potential exposure related to a live poultry market visit. Neither case received antiviral treatment or required hospitalization, and both had fully recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, a total of 183 cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2), including two deaths (both with underlying conditions), have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Of these, 180 were reported from China, two were from Cambodia, and one was from Viet Nam.<\/p>\n<p>Most human infections with avian influenza A(H9N2) have been associated with exposure to infected poultry or contaminated poultry environments, and the majority of cases have been mild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China reported two additional human infections with avian influenza A(H9N2) virus, from 18 to 24 September 2026. Both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-617940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}