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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Mexican man dies from first human infection of H5N2 bird flu

AP

A Mexican man has died after becoming the first human to be infected with the bird flu virus H5N2, the World Health Organisation has confirmed.

The 59-year-old man died on 24 April after being admitted to a Mexico City hospital with multiple underlying medical conditions.

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