While browsing the net for rumors I noticed quite a few were saying that China was under-reporting it’s infection/death rate among Humans for the H5N1 Strain of Bird flu. This is just one news story that caught my eye, the reason I picked it out was that someone who supposedly has inside info is saying that China is in full coverup mode on the Bird flu.

Whether or not it’s true is another story, in any case here are a few excerpts from the story..

China’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday refuted a rumor on the Internet spread by a Japanese virologist saying China has had several hundred human deaths from bird flu.

“The rumor is absolutely groundless,” MOH spokesman Mao Qun’an told Xinhua in an interview.

“MOH has confirmed from the World Health Organization (WHO) Beijing office that there was no Japanese expert in WHO’s mission in Hunan Province early this month,” said Mao.

All the reports quoting this so-called Japanese expert said that China has had several hundred human fatalities from bird flu were unreasonable and without foundation, he stressed.

China so far reported three confirmed human cases of bird flu, including two deaths in east China’s Anhui Province and one recovered case in central province of Hunan.

In the areas where bird flu outbreaks occurred, health authorities have put all the people who closely contacted with sick and dead poultry under strict medical observation. Surveillance, reporting and separate treatment of fever and respiratory cases have also been strengthened, said Mao.

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