SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China announced on Thursday that an eight-year-old girl had caught H5N1 bird flu, reporting its second human case this month a day after a top WHO official warned the world to prepare for a long fight against the virus.
The flu's spread has led to the death and culling of 200 million birds since late 2003, with scientists fearing the avian disease could mutate to a form easily passed among people, triggering a pandemic in which millions could die.
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