China controls outbreak of bird flu Updated: 2005-10-29 15:02
Chickens are displayed for sale at a poultry market in Nanjing, east China's
Jiangsu province, October 27, 2005. Health authorities on Thursday refused to
link the death of a 12-year-old girl who had flu-like symptoms with the bird-flu
outbreak in central China's Hunan province, state media reported. Picture taken
October 27, 2005. [Reuters]
Workers vaccinate a hen at a poultry farmhouse in Mudanjiang,
northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, October 27, 2005. Health authorities
on Thursday refused to link the death of a 12-year-old girl who had flu-like
symptoms with the bird-flu outbreak in central China's Hunan province. Initial
tests turned out negative for the virus, but the result has to be confirmed,
state media reported. [Reuters]
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