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China boosts bird flu response
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.
High alert against bird flu
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/04/2013
» Health units nationwide have gone on high alert against the H7N9 virus, a new strain of avian influenza, after it claimed its sixth victim in China.
China reports fifth H7N9 bird flu death
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.
China reports another death from H7N9 bird flu
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.
Four more bird flu cases in China
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.
China reports four more cases of new bird flu strain
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.
China steps up H7N9 bird flu alert
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.
Thailand clear of H7N9 bird flu
Online Reporters, Published on 02/04/2013
» The Public Health Ministry has confirmed there is no sign of H7N9 bird flu in Thailand, calming fears after reports that two people in China had died of this lesser-known strain of the deadly virus.
China strengthens checks after new bird flu deaths
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.
New avian flu strain kills two in China, one critical
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.