China warns of winter bird flu outbreaks

BEIJING, Dec 11 (Reuters) - China has warned of a "very high" possibility of outbreaks of bird flu over winter and spring as the country hunts for the causal link between a son and a father struck by the virus, state media said on Tuesday.

A 24-year-old man surnamed Lu from eastern Jiangsu province died last week of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the first case in China since June.

Late last week, his 52-year-old father was also diagnosed with the disease, raising questions about how the man was infected.

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