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The World Health Organization (WHO) on June 11 announced that a case of human infection with the H9N2 bird flu virus was identified in a four-year-old child in West Bengal, according to a Reuters report. The child was admitted to a local hospital’s paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) in February, due to severe respiratory issues, high fever, and abdominal cramps, it said. After three months of diagnosis and treatment, the patient was discharged. Exposure and ContactsThe WHO reported that the child had been exposed to poultry at home and nearby. No respiratory illness symptoms were observed among family members and…