China says father of man killed by bird flu also infected
submited by wanglh at Dec, 7, 2007 22:13 PM from Reuters
BEIJING, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The father of a Chinese man who died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu last week has also been diagnosed with the disease, authorities said on Friday.
The national disease control authority has confirmed that a 52 year-old man surnamed Lu from the Nanjing, capital of the eastern province of Jiangsu, was feverish with the H5N1 strain on Thursday, the Ministry of Health reported on its Web site (www.moh.gov.cn).
The reported noted that Lu"e;s son had also contracted the disease, and an earlier report by Xinhua news agency said the son had died from it on Sunday. (Reporting by Chris Buckley; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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