January 20, 2009
A 16-year-old boy who was diagnosed with infection of avian flu in Huaihua, Hunan Province is still in critical condition.
He is the fourth person who has been confirmed to have contracted the virus this month. Two of the others have died.
Those who were in close contact with the patient have been tested with negative results. Experts say there is no sign that avian flu is going to develop into an epidemic.
Also:
● After yesterday’s report about teenagers from Shanxi who were kidnapped to Burma, today the Shanxi police told the newspaper that the number of victims were over 50 and that they had received another two similar kidnapping reports on January 15th.
● Beijing started selling fire works in the area within the fifth ring road on Monday. The photo on the front page above shows police in Beijing distributing pamphlets on fire works safety measures out of Beijing’s Silk Street.
● The top headline is about the People’s Bank of China’s seven tips to detect fake banknotes.
- The Beijing News (Chinese): Man contracted bird flu confirmed in Hunan Province