Chinese woman dies of bird flu, another woman critical

A 26-year-old woman has died of the H5N6 strain of bird flu in south China and another woman is in serious condition, health authorities said today.
The world's first human H5N6 infection was reported in May 2014 in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
This strain of bird flu is reported only from China. The woman, died on December 30 in Shenzhen City in Guangdong Province.
Gene analysis of a sample from the Shenzhen patient indicated her infection was from contact with live poultry or a poultry market, said an expert with the Shenzhen Municipal Disease Control and Prevention Centre.
Another infected patient in Guangdong, a 40-year-old woman from Zhaoqing City, is in serious condition and receiving hospital treatment, according to an official with the Zhaoqing Municipal Health and Family Planning Bureau.

Guangdong has reported three H5N6 infections so far this year.