China-WHO claims bird flu inder control.

CHINA-While the World Health Organization claim that the problem in Chia is under control, new cases seem to be coming in daily.A 21-year-old woman has been diagnosed with the H5N1 form of bird flu in central China, state media reported Saturday.

The woman, a farmer from Hunan Province was hospitalised on January 26, three days after falling ill, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, adding that her condition had since improved.

The report said China’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed it was the H5N1 form of the disease, which can be fatal to humans, and had reported the case to the World Health Organisation.

Five people are reported to have died from bird flu this year in China, a country considered to be one of the nations most at risk from bird flu epidemics because of the large poultry population that lives in close proximity to humans.

At least two other people in China fell ill with avian influenza in January, including a two-year-old girl who contracted the disease in Hunan.