At 18^th February, Ministry of Health announced that Hunan Province has identified a case of human infection with HAPAIV.

The patient named Li, male, 22 years old, was from Hua City, Yongzhou, Hunan.He had a fever and headache at 16^th January and went to town hospital at 22^nd January, but he didn't feel better after cure. At 23^rd January, he was transfered to the city hospital and his condition worsen and had difficulties in breathing.he died at 5:00 pm on the afternoon of 24^th January. At 15^th Fenbruary, Disease Prevention and Control Center of Hunan checked the specimen of the patient's respiratory tract and found positive H5 nucleic acid. On the evening of 17^th February, China Disease Prevention and Control Center rechecked the specimen of the patient's respiratory tract at 25^th February and found positive H5N1 nucleic acid.

According to the definition of diagnosis of human infection with HPAIV given by WHO and diagnosis standards of China, experts of human flu prevention from Ministry of Health believed this was a case of human infection with HPAIV.

The local government attached high attention to it after break-out of the epidemic situation and has taken preventing measures according to Emergency Plan for Human Infection with HPAIV. The all that had close contact with the death had been strictly watched medically and by the present there were no abnormal clinical manifestations.

Ministry of Health has reported the situation of the patient to WHO, Hongkong and Macao and Taiwan and other countries.