- A 19-year-old Beijing woman died of the H5N1 virus, known as bird flu, on January 5.

- The woman had washed duck entrails in late December.

- She was hospitalized on December 24 and died almost two weeks later.

- In total, 116 people had contact with her, including 14 relatives

and 102 medical workers.

- One nurse had a fever after contact with her, but has already recovered.