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Chinese girl dies of bird flu
08/03/2006 10:25 - (SA)
Beijing - A nine-year-old girl has died
from bird flu in China's eastern province of Zhejiang, bringing
the country's death toll from the disease to 10, Xinhua news
agency said on Wednesday.
The girl, surnamed You, died on Monday night "after all
rescue efforts failed", Xinhua said, quoting the information
office of the Ministry of Health.
A 32-year-old man died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu last
Thursday in the southern province of Guangdong, near Hong Kong.
He was believed to have contracted the virus at a live poultry
market.
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