Woman dies of H5N6 strain of bird flu in China

The two contracted H5N6, a strain of bird flu that has so faronly been seen in people in China.

A press officer at Shenzhen's Center for Disease Control andPrevention confirmed the death of the local woman on Dec. 30. Hewouldn't identify himself.

Six human cases of H5N6 have been reported in total, all inChina, since May 2014. The virus has been detected in poultry inChina, Laos and Vietnam.