Woman dies of suspected bird flu in Shanghai
23 March 2006
SHANGHAI - A woman has died of what could be bird flu in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai, state television said on Thursday.
The patient, a 29-year-old female migrant worker, died on Tuesday of pneumonia of unconfirmed origin, an official at the Shanghai municipality information office told Reuters.
The case is under investigation for bird flu, Shanghai Television said.
China has recorded 15 confirmed cases of bird flu in humans since late last year, 10 of whom have died.
Doctors and nurses who tended the patient were under quarantine, said a source at the hospital, adding it was awaiting final test results.
“It’s a suspected case, but not confirmed,” the source told Reuters.
23 March 2006
SHANGHAI - A woman has died of what could be bird flu in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai, state television said on Thursday.
The patient, a 29-year-old female migrant worker, died on Tuesday of pneumonia of unconfirmed origin, an official at the Shanghai municipality information office told Reuters.
The case is under investigation for bird flu, Shanghai Television said.
China has recorded 15 confirmed cases of bird flu in humans since late last year, 10 of whom have died.
Doctors and nurses who tended the patient were under quarantine, said a source at the hospital, adding it was awaiting final test results.
“It’s a suspected case, but not confirmed,” the source told Reuters.
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