Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu

TORONTO — A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza. "This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions," said provincial health officer Bonnie Henry in a news conference on Tuesday (Nov 12). "It just reminds us that in young people this is a virus that can progress and cause quite severe illness and the deterioration that I mentioned was quite rapid." British Columbia health officials said on Saturday the province had detected Canada's first human case of H5 bird flu in a teenager.

Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu

Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu

Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu

Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu

Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu