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Cambodian girl dies from bird flu
AFP, Published on 02/07/2013
» A six-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, bringing the country's toll from the deadly virus to nine so far this year, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.
H7N9 bird flu kills about 1/3 hospitalised patients: study
AFP, Published on 24/06/2013
» The H7N9 bird flu that hit China this year killed over a third of hospitalised patients, said researchers Monday who labelled the virus "less serious" but probably more widespread than previously thought.
'No new H7N9 cases' in China for second week
AFP, Published on 24/05/2013
» No new human cases of the deadly H7N9 bird flu strain were recorded in China for the second week in a row, national health authorities said Monday, suggesting the outbreak has slowed.
WHO 'cannot predict' China flu course
AFP, Published on 21/05/2013
» GENEVA - It is impossible to predict the evolution of China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak as researchers are still trying to understand the source of human transmission, the head of the World Health Organisation said Monday.
Bird flu costs China industry $6.5 bn: state media
AFP, Published on 20/05/2013
» China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country's poultry industry more than 40 billion yuan ($6.5 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government officials said, according to state media.
Ministry steps up bird flu measures
News, Published on 28/04/2013
» The Public Health Ministry has stepped up vigilance to contain any possible outbreak of H7N9 avian flu.
H7N9 bird flu spreads to central China's Hunan
AFP, Published on 27/04/2013
» China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health authorities said Saturday, the third announcement in three days of a case in a new location.
China and Taiwan cooperate on bird-flu research
AFP, Published on 21/04/2013
» Taiwan has received specimens of the H7N9 avian flu virus from China to help research the new strain, in what an official described as a landmark move in health cooperation.
No 'sustained' transmission of bird flu in China: WHO
AFP, Published on 21/04/2013
» A top WHO influenza expert said Monday there was still no evidence H7N9 bird flu was spreading in a "sustained" way between people in China, despite the possibility some family members may have infected one another.
Hundreds of pigs, dogs die in Chinese city
AFP, Published on 17/04/2013
» Chinese health officials and police were Wednesday probing the mysterious deaths of hundreds of pigs and dogs whose carcasses were discovered in a central Chinese city, authorities said.