China says human-to-human transmission not confirmed in latest bird flu cases

BEIJING (AP) - Health officials are trying to determine how a father and son became infected with bird flu in China's east, and warn that outbreaks of the disease in the country's poultry are very likely during the coming months.So far, China has made major achievements in narrowing the scope of epidemics in poultry, reducing the number of birds sickened and decreasing the instances of culling, Vice Agriculture Minister Yin Chengjie was quoted Monday as saying on the ministry's Web site.

But in winter and spring, there is a very high possibility of outbreaks in our country's regions,» Yin said. «It's not easy to be optimistic about prevention efforts.

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