A 16-year-old male student died of bird flu in central China's Hunan Province Tuesday morning, the third death caused by avian influenza in the country in the new year, provincial health authorities reported.
　　The student, surnamed Wu, died at about 8:10 a.m. in Huaihua City, said an official from the Hunan provincial health bureau.
　　Wu fell ill on Jan. 8 in southwestern Guizhou Province and was transferred to a hospital in Huaihua on Jan. 16 when his condition worsened, he said.