New bird flu evolves to infect humans!

23 June 2013 (02:00 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Sha’ban 1434/02 Tir 1392/16 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

Health officials in Taiwan confirm that a woman has become the first person to be infected by H6N1.  At least four people who know the woman are showing signs of infection, but tests have been negative.

The woman recovered.  H6N1 normally infects only birds.  Health officials say  they’ve tested poultry farms in the area where the woman lives, and not one bird was positive for H6N1 (just like in the case with H7N9).