Could H10N3 bird flu become the next pandemic?

This week the first case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu in humans was confirmed. He is a 41-year-old man from Juiangsu province, northwest of Shanghai. He had to be hospitalized on April 28 and, according to the Chinese Government, he was discharged without complications four days later. For now it seems that it is an isolated case, but, considering what happened with Covid-19, it is logical that many people wonder if the H10N3 bird flu could become the next pandemic. In this regard, although it is known that it is not a strain that is too widespread globally. In the last four decades, only 160 cases have been recorded worldwide, the majority in wild birds of Asia and North America. So far not a single case has been recorded in chickens, although more in-depth studies are needed to predict the impact it could have in the long term.In Spain, in recent months three outbreaks have been reported in wild birds in Zamora, Cantabria and Gerona. However, in none of the cases has the virus been transmitted to humans, and the Ministry of Agriculture indicates that they do not pose any risk to public health.H5N8 strain of avian flu in Russia The National Health Commission calls for calm and notes that interspecies infection is merely accidental, so the risk of large-scale transmission is minimal. However, it is striking that this occurs only a few months after Russia detected the first human case of the H5N8 strain of bird flu. In mid-December 2020, on a small farm in southern Russia, seven people started showing flu symptoms.A series of tests were carried out, and the results confirmed the first case of transmission of the H5N8 bird flu to humans. Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s health agency, explained that all necessary measures were quickly taken to control the situation. He also said that all those infected were well and that, according to studies carried out to date, the variant of the virus was not transmitted from one person to another, ultimately answering the question of whether the H10N3 bird flu could be the next pandemic, according to the data currently being handled, it seems a very remote possibility.