China's Ministry of Health has confirmed that a 20 year old woman had bird flu infection, the H5N1 strain - the most lethal one. This brings the total number to twelve human cases of bird flu infection in the country.
The woman developed bird flu symptoms on 27th January and was hospitalised with severe pneumonia. She died on February 4th.
She became ill just after the poultry in her household had been culled.
Of the twelve cases of human infection in China, eight have died.
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