HONG KONG: A man infected with a bird flu virus has died in the first known death from the disease since it killed six people in the territory in 1997 and triggered worldwide alarm.
The Health Department said the man and his nine-year-old son, who is in stable condition in hospital, contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus, possibly while visiting relatives in China.
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