China reports bird flu case
- Published: 31/12/2011 at 05:22 PM
- Online news: Health
China has reported its first human case of bird flu in 18 months, after a bus driver in the massive southern boomtown of Shenzhen tested positive for the deadly virus.
China has reported its first human case of bird flu in 18 months, after a bus driver in the massive southern boomtown of Shenzhen tested positive for the deadly virus.
The city borders Hong Kong, which has already culled thousands of chickens and ordered a suspension of live poultry imports from the mainland after three birds tested positive with the H5N1 strain of the virus in mid-December.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
