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Wednesday, 3 April 2013

New Bird Flu Kills Third Person in China as Cases Rise to Nine

A third person died of a new strain of bird flu in eastern China, as cases of the deadly virus were reported in a fourth location.


Two people in Hangzhou city were infected with the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, one of whom died, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said today. The virus has infected at least nine people and killed three of them since China’s health ministry reported the first cases last month. The other two deaths were in Shanghai, while cases have also been reported in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces.


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Simeon Bennett, Bloomberg News via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/PxtiMOHOoUI/

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