Youth ill with bird flu strain

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The teen remains in critical condition in hospital after being diagnosed with the same strain of the virus that has been affecting wild birds and poultry farms in B.C. The virus can be known to survive in the water where wild birds spend time, particularly at this time of year when they are migrating through the area.

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