Taiwan confirms world's first human infection of H6N1 (update)

A 20-year-old Taiwanese woman has been infected with the H6N1 avian influenza virus, the first time the flu strain has been reported in humans anywhere in the world, a Department of Health (DOH) official said Friday.

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