From Treyfish's post below:
Avian Flu Kills Wild Birds in Central China, Authorities Say
By Jason Gale
May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Avian flu killed wild birds on Genggahu Lake in central China, veterinary officials said, ...
Birds began dying in the province of Qinghai from the H5N1 avian influenza strain on May 8, Zhang Zhongqui, deputy director general of China’s Animal Disease Control Centre in Beijing, said in a May 17 report to the World Organization for Animal Health.
And we have H1N1 there:
China reports fourth swine-flu case; suspected case in Tibet - Summary
Tue, 19 May 2009 09:05:47 GMT
Beijing - China on Tuesday confirmed a fourth infection with the new strain of the H1N1 influenza virus in a 59-year-old man and said initial tests suggested that an Italian woman travelling in Tibet was also infected. The man, identified only by the surname Yang, was treated at the No 8 People's Hospital in the southern city of Guangzhou after developing a fever during a train journey to Guangzhou from nearby Hong Kong on Friday, the health ministry said.
Yang travelled on a Korean Air flight from Seattle to Seoul last Tuesday, continuing to Hong Kong on another Korean Air flight the next day.
In a separate report, the ministry said laboratory tests on the Italian tourist by the Tibetan regional Centre for Disease Control and Prevention were positive for H1N1.
The centre was awaiting checks from the national disease control centre on the samples from the 42-year-old Italian woman, it said.
The woman was in stable condition at a hospital in Zham town on China's border with Nepal, where other 23 foreign tourists who travelled with her were quarantined at a local hotel.
She flew from Italy to Nepal on May 12 and developed a sore throat, blocked nose and sweating three days later.
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