13.02.2013

One of two people confirmed by the Ministry of Health to have contracted avian influenza H5N1 died in a hospital in southwest China's city of Guiyang.
The patient, a 21-year-old woman, died of multiple organ failure at the Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital.
The woman and the other patient, a 31-year-old man, are both Guiyang residents. They developed symptoms on Feb. 2 and 3, respectively. Both of them tested positive for the H5N1 virus.