The father of a young man who died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, early this month has recovered and left hospital, the provincial health authorities said on Wednesday.

The 52-year-old man, surnamed Lu, is in good health. Lu was diagnosed with H5N1 virus four days after his son's death, the second case in Nanjing. The 24-year-old son died of the virus on December 3.
 
(Shanghai Daily December 28, 2007)