H5N1 News: China Confirms 11th Human Bird Flu Death
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
A woman who died in Shanghai tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, China announced Saturday. Indonesia awaited confirmation of tests showing that a dead 1-year-old girl in Jakarta had the virus.More here.
In Hong Kong, the government said a dead peregrine falcon found in a housing complex tested positive for the H5N1 strain.
The woman who died in Shanghai was the Chinese mainland’s 11th human death from bird flu and the first in Shanghai, the country’s biggest city, according to the World Health Organization.
posted by Fergie @ 3/27/2006 09:05:00 AM
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