Hong Kong authorities on Friday confirmed the city’s second case of human bird flu infection this winter, five days after the death of a first patient who contracted the same H7N9 strain of the disease. The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health said a 70-year-old man with underlying illnesses, who was admitted to hospital on Dec. 27, was diagnosed with the H7N9 strain on Dec. 29 and was in stable condition. The case comes as fears grow over the spread of bird flu – in varying strains – in neighboring South Korea and Japan, as well as mainland China.
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Hong Kong confirms 2nd human bird flu infection this winter
