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Sixth person in China infected with bird flu

Beijing (dpa) - China's sixth case of bird flu virus in a human was confirmed Thursday night by China's ministry of health, which also said there was a new outbreak of flu among poultry.

The patient, a 35-year-old peddler in Suichuan County of Jiangxi Province, east China, fell ill on December 4 with fever and symptoms of pneumonia, Xinhua agency reported.

The China Disease Prevention and Control Center tested samples to determine the presence of the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus.

The ministry of agriculture confirmed the poultry outbreak in the same village where the patient lives, after 1,640 ducks raised by a fellow villager died. Veterinarian officials have culled 15,000 birds within three kilometres of the affected area.

In November, a woman was confirmed as China's fifth case of bird flu, but she has recovered and left hospital last week.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=68072

[Cindy]

Thank you Founding Father for that article.

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