China was struggling to control the spread of avian flu in northeast province of Liaoning following a report that there were three outbreaks of flu within a day and a fourth suspected human infection. According to the agriculture ministry, the H5N1 avian influenza virus had killed three hundred chickens in Beijing. Four outbreaks of flu have been reported in the province since the third of November. Moreover, since last month, seven outbreaks of flu have been reported in the country.

According to the department of provincial health and agriculture, a female chicken farmer from Liaoning, was being examined for bird flu. The woman came down with severe pneumonia after having been in contact with the sick birds. Her situation is stable now. She was tested negative for bird flu initially. However, two more weeks are needed to diagnose her antibody tests. She was among one hundred and twenty one people from Heishan County who were taken to the hospital after showing fever or flu-like symptoms. They had been exposed to the sick poultry. In all the other cases, the possibility of bird flu is ruled out.

In China, no instances of bird flu have been confirmed in humans in the nation. However, the WHO would commence testing samples from three people in this weekend. Among the three, one has died. It is suspected that he has caught the virus last month in central Hunan province.

The ministry of Agriculture says that the latest outbreak was first detected on the sixth of November. The ministry blamed the wild animals for the outbreak of flu. It says that the migratory birds are responsible for the cause of the previous outbreaks in the country.

Nevertheless, according to the Head of the FAO office in Beijing, the chances of the latest outbreak to have been caused by the preceding outbreaks cannot be ruled out particularly due to their close proximity. About 2.5 million poultry have been culled in Liaoning to stop the spread of the virus.