Guangdong Provincial Health Department declared on Saturday a
suspect human case of bird flu was found in Guangzhou, capital of
south China's
Guangdong Province.
The patient, surnamed Lao, died Thursday after all rescue work
failed. He was 32 and a local resident of Guangzhou.
He started to show symptoms of fever and pneumonia on February
22.
Preliminary investigation shows the patient had been long
staying at a nearby live poultry slaughtering site when he carried
out a market survey.
The provincial government immediately launched emergency
measures to prevent and control the disease.
People in close contact with the patient have been isolated for
medical observation. The places where the patient had been staying
around have been disinfected to prevent the disease from
spreading.
The information has been reported to the Ministry of Health.
Statistics show the Ministry of Health have reported 14 human
cases of bird flu. Eight of them died and the rest have
recovered.
(Xinhua News Agency March 4, 2006)