New human bird flu cases in China
The Chinese government has reported two new human cases of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in a nine-year-old girl and a 26-year-old woman.
The girl lives in the south-eastern coastal province of Zhejiang and the woman is a farmer from Anhui province in the east, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the Health Ministry.
The report didn't say whether the woman worked with poultry or how the girl might have become infected.
The announcement raised the number of human cases of bird flu reported on China's mainland to 14 since October, with eight deaths.
The Chinese government has reported two new human cases of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in a nine-year-old girl and a 26-year-old woman.
The girl lives in the south-eastern coastal province of Zhejiang and the woman is a farmer from Anhui province in the east, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the Health Ministry.
The report didn't say whether the woman worked with poultry or how the girl might have become infected.
The announcement raised the number of human cases of bird flu reported on China's mainland to 14 since October, with eight deaths.
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