Teen hospitalised with bird flu in rare event after cases of mutant bug spotted in cows [Video]

A TEENAGER in Canada is being treated in hospital for bird flu, in the first suspected case to be discovered in the country.

Health officials are now racing to trace the teen’s contacts and find the source of the H5N1 infection, believed to have come from birds.

“This is a rare event,” Dr Bonnie Henry, the British Columbia (BC) health officer, said in a statement. 

“While it is the first detected case of H5 in a person in BC or Canada, there have been a small number of human cases in the US and elsewhere, which is why we are conducting a thorough investigation to fully understand the source of exposure.”

Bird flu has killed hundreds of millions of birds around the globe in recent years.

Sometimes, the virus seeps into the human population.

At least 903 people have been infected with H5N1 since 2003 …