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Now China reports TWO human cases of bird flu in middle-aged man and woman hundreds of miles apart - amid fears of zoonotic outbreak
China has reported two human cases of bird flu in a man and woman more than 800 hundreds miles apart — amid growing concerns the virus is poised to spill over into people and cause a pandemic.The 53-year-old woman from the Jiangsu province in eastern China tested positive last month for the H5N1 strain that has been devastating the world's bird populations, according to the BNO news agency.
Meanwhile, Chinese health officials announced that a 49-year-old man in southern China's Guangdong province tested positive for H5N6 after coming into contact with live birds.
The Hong Kong department of health and center for health protection (CHP) announced yesterday that the man contracted the flu after he came into contact with live birds.
He developed symptoms on December 17 last year was admitted to the hospital four days later in a 'serious condition'.
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