( CNN ) -- A 19-year-old woman who handled ducks in northern China has died in Beijing from bird flu , the World Health Organization said Wednesday . Nantong of Jiangsu province , China , last month , where the H5N1 virus was discovered . The woman , Huang Yanqing , died Monday morning after she was admitted to hospital on December 27 , according to state-run Xinhua news agency . Huang had been in close contact with ducks at a market in Hebei Province , which neighbors Beijing , on December 19 . She bought nine ducks from the market and cleaned the dead fowl before giving them to some relatives and friends , Xinhua reported . Only Huang fell ill , though she had close contact with 116 people , according to the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau . Zhao Qingchao , an official with the local government in Langfang City where the market is located , told Xinhua that they have taken steps to detect the source of the deadly virus . No other cases of the H5N1 avian influenza have been reported from the same area , Xinhua reported . Authorities have disinfected and isolated the woman 's home , and officials met in Beijing on Monday about the case , but the market is still selling ducks , Xinhua reported . H5N1 has led to 248 deaths worldwide since 2003 , including 21 in China , according to the WHO .
The woman died 2003 after she was admitted to hospital on Monday . She had bought ducks at a market in Hebei Province , which neighbors China . No one around her has fallen ill. H5N1 has led to 21 deaths worldwide since 2003 , including 21 in Beijing .