China confirms new H5N1 bird flu infection

China today confirmed a man in a southern Chinese city is infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing the country’s total human infections of the disease to 19.

The official Xinhua News Agency said a 31-year-old truck driver from the Shenzhen city of Guangdong province was admitted into hospital on June 9 and tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus at the Shenzhen Centre for Diseases Control.