PESTILENCE WATCH:Chinese man becomes country's 17th person to die from bird flu

BEIJING-A Chinese man died from bird flu on Sunday, becoming the 17th person to die from the disease in China, according to a state-run media report Monday. Tests carried out by provincial and national disease control centers over the weekend showed the 24-year-old man surnamed Lu in China's eastern province Jiangsu was infected with the virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza, Xinhua News Agency reported.The man developed fever and chills Nov. 24 and had been hospitalized since Nov. 27. He had no contact with dead poultry, Xinhua reported.The local government has put 69 people who had close contact with the man under medical observation, but none of them have so far shown signs of symptoms, according to the report.As of mid-November, bird flu has infected at least 335 people in 12 countries since its reemergence in December 2003, with 206 of them having died, according to statistics compiled by the World Health Organization.Indonesia leads the WHO table with 91 deaths, followed by Vietnam with 46 and Thailand with 17.
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As in the days of Noah.....