Saturday, April 13, 2013

First case of new bird flu strain found outside eastern China

A city management officer holds a chicken as a boy rides past in a residential neighbourhood of JiaxingBEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital reported on Saturday its first case of a new strain of bird flu, state news agency Xinhua said, the first time it has been found in a human outside of eastern China. The seven-year-old girl is in a stable condition in a Beijing hospital, the report said. Two people who have had close contact with the child have shown no signs of being infected so far, Xinhua added. The girl's parents are engaged in the live poultry trade, it said. ...


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