Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:31am EST
BEIJING, Jan 24 (Reuters) - China reported another human death from the H5N1 bird flu on Saturday, this time in the far northwest region of Xinjiang.
The Chinese Ministry of Health reported on its website (www.moh.gov.cn) that the latest victim was a 31-year-old woman who died in the early hours of Friday.
The Xinjiang disease control centre confirmed that she was ill from the H5N1 bird flu virus, the report said. (Reporting by Chris Buckley; Editing by Alex Richardson)
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSPEK85223 
