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Published on 06/04/2013
» SHANGHAI - Hangzhou, the capital of eastern Zhejiang province, on Saturday became the second city in China to suspend live poultry trade and slaughter birds to curb the spread of the deadly H7N9 strain of avian flu.
AFP, Published on 06/04/2013
» Shanghai's live poultry markets were closed on Saturday as another Chinese city culled birds to prevent the spread of H7N9 avian influenza, which has killed six people in the country.
AFP, Published on 04/04/2013
» A new strain of bird flu has claimed two more lives in China's business capital of Shanghai, taking the total number of human deaths attributed to the H7N9 virus to five, state media said Thursday.
AFP, Published on 03/04/2013
» A man in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, state media said Wednesday, bringing the total deaths attributed to the virus to three since the first human cases.
AFP, Published on 02/04/2013
» SHANGHAI - Four more people in China have been infected with a strain of bird flu, a local government official said Tuesday, bringing the country's total to seven.
AFP, Published on 02/04/2013
» Four more people in China have been infected with a new strain of bird flu, a local government said Tuesday, bringing the country's total to seven.
dpa, Published on 02/04/2013
» Health authorities ordered medical staff to strengthen monitoring and prepare isolation units for possible new infections with H7N9 avian influenza on Tuesday, amid rumours that doctors had already found more cases in eastern China.
AFP, Published on 01/04/2013
» China's commercial hub Shanghai is stepping up monitoring after a new strain of bird flu killed two people, state media said Monday, as Taiwan announced it would screen travellers from the mainland.
AFP, Published on 31/03/2013
» Two people in China have died after being infected with H7N9 avian influenza -- a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans -- the government said Sunday.
AFP, Published on 31/03/2013
» Two people in China have died after being infected with H7N9 avian influenza -- a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans -- the government said Sunday.