# 2706
Confirmed H5N1 cases In January, 2009
The Chinese state media is reporting on the death of yet another bird flu victim, the fifth fatality this month. Details, thus far are sparse.
A special tip of my hat to Commonground, of Pandemic Information News who hailed me while I was immersed in writing about something else, to tip me off about this case.
Fifth death from bird flu reported in south China
www.chinaview.cn
2009-01-26 21:27:30
BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- An 18-year-old man died from bird flu on Monday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the fifth human death from the H5N1 virus in China this year.
According to a press release posted on the website of the Ministry of Health, the man surnamed Liang fell ill on Jan. 19 in Beiliu City of Guangxi.
Liang was transferred to Yulin Municipal Red Cross Hospital on Jan. 24. He died on Monday.
The young man tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, according to the test result on Monday from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The ministry said it had reported the case to the World Health Organization and informed the health authorities of China's Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.
