The Associated Press
BEIJING — Health authorities in southern China on Jan. 5, said that a 26-year-old woman has died of a strain of avian influenza, and another woman is reportedly in serious condition.
The two contracted H5N6, a strain of bird flu that has so far only been seen in people in China.
A press officer at Shenzhen's Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the death of the local woman on Dec. 30. He wouldn't identify himself.
A 40-year-old woman also from Guangdong province is in serious condition in hospital, the. . .