BEIJING, January 24 (RIA Novosti) - A 31-year-old
Chinese woman has become the fourth person to die from the
deadly bird flu virus this year in the country, Xinhua said on
Saturday.
The woman, from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in
east China, fell ill shortly before visiting a poultry market
on January 20, a local health official told Xinhua.
China reported its first bird flu death this year on
January 5, when a young woman, 19, from Beijing was diagnosed
with the deadly virus and died in hospital. Last Saturday, a
27-year-old woman also died from bird flu and a 16-year-old boy
from Hunan, southeast China, died just four days ago.
Doctors said that a two-year-old girl, who was reported to
be seriously ill with the virus, is out of danger.
All of the victims had come into contact with poultry
before falling ill.
According to the World Health Organization, of the 34
cases confirmed to date in China, 22 have been fatal.
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