China Confirms Bird Flu Case
A 2-year-old girl in northern China has tested positive for bird flu, the World Health Organization said Sunday. It is China’s second confirmed case of the virus this month.
The girl fell ill on January 7 in the central Hunan province and was taken to her home province of Shanxi in northern China, the state-run news agency Xinhua said.
The report did not say how the girl became infected.
On January 5, a 19-year-old Beijing woman died of bird flu after handling poultry, officials said.
Xinhua said the woman bought nine ducks at a market in Beijing’s neighboring Hebei province and cleaned their organs.
Since the end of 2003, the H5N1 virus has infected numerous species of birds in more than 60 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. It has not been found in birds in North or South America, including the Caribbean, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Source: CNN
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