Bird flu traced to pigeons in China

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 05 April 2013 | 22.10

BEIJING: Two more persons on Thursday died in China due to the H7N9 bird flu, taking the death toll from the new strain of avian influenza to five in the country even as officials traced the new deadly virus to pigeons in Shanghai.

Also, the total number of cases of the virulent disease in the country rose to 11 with fresh cases coming to light. Authorities in Shanghai said that another person has died from H7N9 bird flu, bringing the death toll from the lesserknown strain to five around the country, staterun Xinhua news agency reported.

Another victim, a 48-year-old man, died of H7N9 bird flu in east China's Shanghai Municipality on Thursday, the third in the municipality and the fourth in the country, the report said. The man, surnamed Chu and a native of Rugao in Jiangsu Province, was a poultry transporter and developed symptoms of coughing on March 28. He went to a private clinic following a fever on Monday and then sought help in the Tongji Hospital in Shanghai on Wednesday after his condition worsened but died three hours after being admitted. He was confirmed to have been infected with the H7N9 virus on Thursday. Eight persons who had close contact with him have shown no abnormal symptoms, the report said.


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