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China says 29-year old man sick with bird flu
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BEIJING - A 29-year old man has been diagnosed with bird flu and is in critical condition in southwest China, health authorities said Sunday. Bird flu has claimed the lives of four people in China this month.
The Ministry of Health said the man, surnamed Zhou, fell ill on Jan. 15 in Guiyang city and was diagnosed with H5N1 strain of bird flu eight days later.
It said the health department of Guizhou province is "making all-out efforts" to save him, under the guidance of experts from the Ministry of Health.
The man had been exposed to live poultry markets before he got sick, the ministry said.
A woman in China's far west died Friday from bird flu, the fourth death this month, just as millions of people are on the move to return home for the traditional Lunar New Year.
A woman in eastern China, a teenage boy in southwest China and a woman in Beijing also have died from the disease this month.
A 2-year-old girl was also sickened with H5N1 but has recovered.
Until this month, no new human infections had been reported in China since February 2007.
Despite the new cases, the Ministry of Health has said there is no evidence of a large-scale outbreak of bird flu. It said the illnesses were isolated, unrelated and did not show significant mutations of the H5N1 virus.
They also occurred during the cold months, which experts have determined are high season for infections, it said.
Still, China launched a daily bird flu reporting system for poultry and human cases Thursday, underscoring its concerns about potential epidemics.
According to the World Health Organization, bird flu has killed 252 people worldwide since 2003, including 23 in China.
While the disease remains difficult for humans to catch, scientists have warned if outbreaks among poultry are not controlled, the virus may mutate into a form more easily passed between people, possibly triggering a pandemic that could kill millions worldwide.
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