Chinese girl dies of pneumonia, not bird flu virus
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-27 21:31

The death of a Chinese girl with flu-like symptoms in a village where a bird flu outbreak had been reported was caused by pneumonia acute respiratory difficulty, local health authority cited initial blood tests result as saying on Thursday.

Latest tests on the girl's blood sample have turned out negative for the avian influenza virus, and doctors said she had died of severe pneumonia with acute respiratory difficulty, according to the provincial center for disease prevention and control.

The 12-year-old He Yin died recently after eating a dead chicken in Wantang Village, in Xiangtan County of central China's Hunan Province, where the latest outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza was reported several days ago.

There has been worries that the girl, who showed symptoms of high fever and cough, was killed by bird flu.