Died of bird flu in China woman

In China, from the avian influenza virus infected women died, probably of a bird, that they are kept in the backyard, said Hong Kong authorities. Woman died in the backyard of a few chicks who are sick, and held during the incubation period of the disease. When the woman was eating chicken, said Thomas Tsang of the Centre for Health Protection. Scientists believe that the most likely method of infection of a bird, which the woman in the household was came. Since the heat treatment sick poultry meat is considered safe. The woman showed signs of fever, cough and pneumonia on 16 February, but it was to the district hospital on 22 February after attempts to treat a local clinic taken. The patient's condition was very serious, and soon after starting treatment measures died in the hospital, http://www.gdwst.gov.cn reported. This is the third death from bird flu in China. A number of cases - a major concern for the country, which has the largest number of poultry in the world. China tries. In the fight against mass vaccination against influenza virus, and information about how to handle the birds, to protect themselves from the risk of infection with influenza virus