Two more people have died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in China, making the death toll five out of eight human cases (36)________ so far in the country. The Ministry of Health has announced Wednesday the two (37)________, first reported last month, were a 10-year-old girl in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and a 35-year-old man in eastern Jiangxi Province. They had died on December 16th and 30th (38)________ after all medical treatment measures failed. A (39)________ for the Ministry says the current bird flu situation is "not optimistic", and is calling on people to remain (40)________.
"Although there hasn’’t been any human-to-human case of bird flu reported so far, as the danger of bird flu not only exists in China but also threatens other countries, (41)________ to prevent and control the epidemic must be (42)________ . " Among the eight human cases of bird flu in China, the (43)________victim is a six-year-old boy from Central China’’s Hunan Province, who is now in the hospital. The boy is in critical condition. The Ministry warns (44)________________________.
The United Nations agriculture agency warns the bird flu virus (45)________________________. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)says there have been more outbreaks than expected in Turkey. (46)________________________.
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human cases of bird flu may continue to increase in China if......