Canadian health officials confirmed Wednesday that a resident from Alberta has died from H5N1 avian flu, the first case of the virus in North America.

Canada’s Health Minister, Rona Ambrose, said the infected individual had recently traveled to Beijing.

Ambrose stressed that Canadians should not be worried about contracting the virus.

According to the World Health Organization, most avian flu viruses do not cause disease in humans. However, some like H5N1 are zoonotic, which means they can infect humans and cause disease, even death.