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Article: China Focus: China confirms first human cases of bird flu, enhancesprevention efforts
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- November 17, 2005
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China Focus: China confirms first human cases of bird flu,
enhances prevention efforts
by Li Xing, Fan Xi
BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's health authorities have
confirmed on Wednesday the first two human cases of bird flu in the
country, and enhanced effort to prevent and control the epidemic.
The two confirmed cases involve a nine-year-old boy in Xiangtan
County of Hunan Province and a 24-year-old woman farmer in Zongyang
County of Anhui Province.
The boy has been discharged from hospital after recovery. The
woman died on Nov. 10.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health reported the boy's 12-year-old
sister, who had similar symptoms as her brother and died on Oct. 17,
as a suspected ...