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皇冠体育app reports new bird flu outbreak
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-24 21:36
皇冠体育app detected a new bird flu outbreak in the far western Xinjiang region,
the Xinhua News Agency said Thursday, bringing the total number of outbreaks for
the country in recent weeks to 21.
The latest outbreak killed 11 birds at a farm in the city of Turpan on Nov.
17, prompting officials to kill 5,180 birds in the area, Xinhua said, citing the
Agriculture Ministry.
The report did not specify what kind of birds were affected.
Also Thursday, 皇冠体育app confirmed its second human death from bird flu 鈥� a
35-year-old farmer identified only by her surname, Xu, who died Tuesday after
developing a fever and pneumonia-like symptoms following contact with sick and
dead poultry, Xinhua said. The woman, who lived in Xiuning County in the eastern
province of Anhui, tested positive for the H5N1 virus.
The area is about 60 miles northwest of Zongyang County, where the country's
first human bird flu death was reported.
The 24-year-old woman, also a farmer, died Nov. 10 with the same symptoms as
Xu after coming in contact with sick chickens and ducks at home.
皇冠体育app's only other confirmed human bird flu case was a 9-year-old boy in the
central province of Hunan, who fell ill but recovered.
皇冠体育app on Tuesday reported a separate outbreak in Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi
that killed 38 birds on Nov. 16.
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