A suspected bird flu case in Baicheng City in northeast China's
Jilin Province was reported on Monday, according to the Ministry of
Agriculture.
This is the first case of suspected or confirmed deadly H5N1
bird flu ever occurred in northeast China.
Jia Youling, spokesman in charge of bird flu prevention and
control at the ministry, said seven suspected H5N1 bird flu cases
in China have been confirmed by the National Bird Flu Reference
Laboratory.
The seven confirmed bird flu cases were Macheng City, Songzi
City, Honghu City, Gong'an County and Yangxin County in central
China's Hubei Province, Shaoguang City in south China's Guangdong
Province and Lhasa City in Tibet Autonomous Region.
He said these bird flu-hit areas have taken measures to control
the highly pathogenic avian flu, including culling and vaccination,
and the epidemic in these areas are now under control.
(Xinhua News Agency February 17, 2004)