Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Chinese man dies of H5N1 bird flu
A man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has died from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, state media says.
China’s Xinhua news agency said the man, named only as Mr Lu, died after being admitted to hospital on 27 November with severe chills and fever.
It said he had no known contact with dead poultry, and no outbreaks of bird flu were reported nearby.
As a precaution, 69 people with close contacts to Mr Lu were put under medical observation, Xinhua said.
Bird flu story source: BBC