Posted: 18 January 2009 1008 hrs
Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/403231/1/.html BEIJING: A two-year-old girl has been diagnosed with bird flu in northern China and is in critical condition, state media reported Sunday, just days after the nation reported a death from the virus.
The girl was hospitalised in Shanxi province on Wednesday and subsequently tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the Xinhua news agency said, citing provincial health authorities.
She had fallen ill in central China's Hunan province earlier in the month but had been taken to Shanxi by her grandparents, according to the agency.
Health authorities were monitoring an undisclosed number of people who had been in contact with the girl, but none had fallen ill so far, according to the agency.
