中国官方媒体报导，一名18岁的男子死于禽流感，这是中国今年第5个禽流感死亡病例。官方的新华社说，这名男子1月19号发病，在南方广西地区死亡。
从本月早些时候中国人准备过农历新年节日时开始的这些死亡病例，引发对可能爆发禽流感疫情的担忧。很多中国人在春节期间返乡，并消费大量家禽。中国卫生官员说，没有证据显示爆发禽流感疫情的可能性增大。
到目前为止，今年已有6人患禽流感，5人死亡。
Chinese state media are reporting that an 18-year-old man has died from bird flu, the fifth human death from the virus in China this year. The official Xinhua news agency says the man died in the southern Guangxi region after falling ill on January 19th.
A string of deaths that began earlier this month, as China prepared to mark the Lunar New Year holiday, has sparked concerns about a possible epidemic. The holiday is a time when many Chinese return to their home towns and consume poultry in vast quantities. Chinese health officials say there is no evidence that the potential for an outbreak of bird flu is on the rise.
So far this year, six people have contracted the disease and five have died.