From Reuters, via ABC News Online (link):
A Chinese girl in eastern Zhejiang province and a woman farmer in neighbouring Anhui province have been infected with bird flu, Xinhua news agency has cited the Ministry of Health as saying.
The woman farmer, who was diagnosed on February 11 with symptoms of fever and pneumonia, had come into contact with sick and dead poultry, the agency said.
The girl, a 9-year-old from Anji County, had visited relatives who kept poultry but it was not clear how she had been infected, Xinhua said.
Both are in critical condition.
