A year - old bus driver was hospitalized last week in southern China . State - run media said he died from what appeared to be a contagious strain of bird flu . The group noted that the strain 's movement around Vietnam threatened Thailand , Malaysia , Cambodia , Japan and the Korean peninsula . The Chinese government has suspended exports of live poultry to Hong Kong .
A year - old bus driver was hospitalized last week in southern China . State - run media said he died from what appeared to be a contagious strain of bird flu . The Chinese government has suspended exports of live poultry to Hong Kong .