Human to human spread of bird flu suspected in China

Health authorities in China have announced that the father of a man who died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu last week also has the lethal virus.

The man, a 52-year-old from Nanjing the capital of the eastern province Jiangsu, apparently became ill with a fever on Thursday and tests on samples from his respiratory tract have confirmed he has the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

Mr Lu's son died a week ago from the deadly virus and there is very real concern that the virus has been transmitted from the son to the father.

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