A woman had died of bird flu in east China´s Shandong Province, provincial health authorities reported on Sunday.

    The 27-year-old woman surnamed Zhang, who lived in Jinan, the provincial capital, fell ill on Jan. 5 and went to hospital when got worse, said an official of the provincial health department.

    She died at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday.

    The national disease prevention and control center on Sunday confirmed that she was infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.