H5N1 News: China Confirms Second Bird Flu Death
Now I understand why the CDC is wanting to track passengers on international flights. Hmm.
A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
China said on Wednesday that a 35-year-old woman farmer had died of bird flu, its second confirmed fatality from the virus.
The Xinhua news agency, quoting the Health Ministry, said the woman had developed fever and pneumonia-like symptoms on Nov. 11 after contact with sick and dead poultry in the eastern Anhui province. She died on Nov. 22.
Xinhua said tests by China’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention had proved positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza.
posted by Fergie @ 11/23/2005 11:50:00 AM
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