BEIJING, HENAN REPORT FIRST CASES OF BIRD FLU OUTSIDE YANGTZE DELTA

BEIJING — The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a seven-year-old girl has become the first reported case of H9N9 bird flu in Beijing, with two further cases reported in Henan, the first cases outside the Yangtze Delta region. Beijing municipality has been ordered to stock enough Tamiflu (a drug thought to combat H9N9) for 2 million people. The National Health and Family Planning Commission have to date reported 46 cases of H9N9 bird flu with 11 fatalities.