Bird flu fears as China reports two deaths after five new H5N6 cases as WHO calls for ‘urgent’ action


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CHINA has reported two deaths from bird flu after five new H5N6 cases were confirmed as the WHO calls for “urgent” action. A jump in the number of people infected with bird flu in China last year has raised concern among experts, who warned the strain could be more infectious to humans . AFPTwo people have now died in China from bird flu , while the other three remain in hospital[/caption] ReutersStaff inject chickens with a bird flu vaccine[/caption] The Hong Kong Health Department said five people in Sichuan province , Zhejiang province , and the Guangxi Autonomous Region were...