China confirms new H5N1 bird flu infection
15/06/2006 - 14:51:30China today confirmed a man in a southern Chinese city is infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing the country’s total human infections of the disease to 19.
The official Xinhua News Agency said a 31-year-old truck driver from the Shenzhen city of Guangdong province was admitted into hospital on June 9 and tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus at the Shenzhen Centre for Diseases Control.
The diagnosis was verified by China’s ministry of health today, Xinhua said.
Bird flu has killed at least 128 people worldwide since it started ravaging Asian poultry farms in late 2003. In China, 12 people have died.
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