ANOTHER CONFIRMED CASE IN CHINA OF HUMAN WITH BIRD FLU

CHINA: H5N1 Confirmed Case in Hunan China

F, 2-year-old and currently residing in Xiaoyi City, Luliang Prefecture, Shanxi Province.

January 7, 2009 the incidence in Hunan, January 11 with the grandparents back to Shanxi, condition worsened after the January 14 Fenyang treatment in hospitals in Shanxi Province, with no significant symptomatic improvement after treatment, was on the 14th later transferred to Children's Hospital of Shanxi Province.

The above translation describes a confirmed H5N1 patient who is in critical condition. She is currently in Shanxi, although the initial incident is said to have been in Hunan (see updated map). This case follows the fatal case (19F) in Beijing, which may have been part of a cluster involving a health care worker at the hospital.

THIS MIGHT BECOME THE BIGGEST PROBLEM ON OBAMA'S PLATE.

NOT TO WORRY: DASCHLE AND NAPOLITANO WILL BE ON THE CASE.

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