New human case confirmed in China
March 2nd, 2007
The first human case of infection in China since January 10th was confirmed yesterday, when government authorities announced that a 37 year old farmer in a province in eastern China had contracted the disease. The patient is reported to have recovered, however now a 44 year old farmer was also diagnosed with avian influenza. The first case of human infection with the H5N1 virus was reported in the country in 2005, however, the government last year disclosed that new tests revealed that a soldier that had died in 2003 had also been infected with the virus.