China kills 500 birds in northwest to control what it calls an epidemic of bird flu . Five hundred fowl that had died in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region tested positive for the H5N1 virus , according to China 's Ministry of Agriculture . 500 fowl that died in China tested positive for Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region . In late January , China confirmed its sixth case of bird flu in a human . The virus has killed 500 people since late January .
China kills 500 birds in northwest to control what it calls an epidemic of bird flu . 500 fowl that died in China tested positive for Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region . In late January , China confirmed its sixth case of bird flu in a human . The virus has killed 500 people since late January .