The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health received notification from the Ministry of Health (MoH) today (January 6) concerning a confirmed human case of avian influenza H5N1 in Beijing.
A CHP spokesman said the patient was a 19-year-old woman living in a suburb of Beijing.
She developed symptoms on December 24 and passed away on January 5.
Laboratory tests on the patient's specimen by the Chinese Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention yielded positive for H5N1.
Investigations revealed that she had contact with poultry before the onset of symptoms.
The CHP is maintaining close liaison with the MoH to obtain more information on the case.
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