DHAKA: A new human being, the first case this winter in the southern province of Guangdong in China, was found infected of deadly H7N9 avian influenza virus.

A 31-year-old woman surnamed Deng, from the provincial city of Dongguan, was confirmed on Friday to have been infected with the virus.

Guangdong’s health and family commission disclosed the matter in a statement on its website, reports straitstimes quoting Xinhua.

The patient, in critical condition, is being treated in the provincial capital of Guangzhou, it added.

The H7N9 bird flu first infected three people in China in March 2013. Since then, it has since infected more than 450 people, killing 175 of them.

BDST: 1119 HRS, NOV 29, 2014