Originally published February 6 2006
Chinese officials report a seventh case of bird flu found in humans
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
According to the official Xinhua News Agency, China's seventh case of bird flu in a human has been identified in Sanming City, located within Eastern China's Fujian province.
China confirmed its seventh human infection -- and third human death -- from bird flu on Thursday, after officials revealed a 41-year old factory worker died from the disease over a week ago.
The victim, a woman surnamed Zhou, died on December 21 and lived in Sanming City in eastern China's Fujian province, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing China's Ministry of Health.
Like previous human victims of the H5N1 virus in China, she apparently contracted the disease in an area that has not officially reported previous outbreaks among birds.
H5N1 is the bird flu virus that scientists fear may mutate into a strain that can spread easily among people, unleashing a human pandemic that could kill millions.
"Zhou has been confirmed to be infected with bird flu in accordance with the standards of the World Health Organization and the Chinese government," the health ministry said in its statement.
China, along with Vietnam, has suffered numerous outbreaks in poultry since October and Beijing has launched sweeping measures to stop the virus spreading and infecting more people, including a campaign to vaccinate all domestic poultry.
China's latest human bird flu death comes after two fatalities from the virus in Anhui province in eastern China.
WHO experts also believe a 12-year old girl in the southern province of Hunan very probably died from bird flu in November, but China does not include her in its tally.
China has also recorded two non-fatal human infections in Hunan, two in the northeast province Liaoning, one in the southern region of Guangxi, and another two weeks ago in Jiangxi, a province next to Fujian.
The Xinhua report did not offer any details of the Zhou's work or background; nor did it say how she may have contracted the H5N1 virus.
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