China confirms two H5N1 cases; one death

From Medical News Today:

"China has confirmed it first human cases of H5N1 bird flu (avian flu). The patients are a boy, 9, Hunan province, and a woman, 24, Anhui province. The woman died last week. The boy became ill on October 10th, he is no longer in hospital. The boy's sister, 12, died one month ago. The problem is, according to Chinese authorities, that they can't get any good samples for testing for bird flu. She is suspected of having had bird flu."

There are also reports of a third case that the Chinese officials are steadfastly denying, as shown here in a report from Science Daily:

A 36-year-old school teacher from the same village, who reportedly injured himself while cutting raw chicken, remains hospitalized, but officials insist he does not have the H5N1 virus.