Pregnant Woman Dies Of Bird Flu Infection In China

Pregnant Woman Dies Of Bird Flu Infection In ChinaAccording to the health ministry, a four-year pregnant woman succumbed to swine flu infection in China's Hubei province.

The woman named Chen was taken to hospital in Hubei province's Ezhou on May 23, after she began to show bird flu symptoms.

Local disease prevention authorities stated that the 22-year-old died on Thursday, after she tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.

Chen's family members and others who had been in close contact with her are under medical observation, but none have become ill.

The ministry, however, said experts sent by the ministry of agriculture have not found signs of an epidemic of avian flu among birds in the region. (With Inputs from Agencies)