An outbreak of H5N6 avian influenza broke out in China
China's Ministry of Agriculture announced it had detected an outbreak of bird flu H5N6 in Sichuan province in southwestern China. There has been no recorded H5N6 virus infection.The first patient in the world died of H5N6 flu
A 49-year-old man in Sichuan Province, southwestern China died of the H5N6 bird flu virus.