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BEIJING (Reuters) – China's Inner Mongolia region on Saturday announced a case of human infection with the H7N9 bird flu virus, the Xinhua official news agency reported.
The patient, an 82-year-old man, was receiving treatment and the local government had disinfected the patient's home and surrounding area. The local government said those who had had contact with the patient had shown "no abnormalities," Xinhua reported.
The virus can be fatal to humans.
Report by Tony Munroe; Edited by Alexandra Hudson
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