Bird flu deaths in Hunan
MORE human H7N9 avian flu cases have been reported in central Hunan Province and the southern province of Guangdong this year, officials said.
Hunan provincial disease control and prevention center said a total of eight cases had been reported in the past 16 days, including three deaths.
A new case was reported in Hunan on Monday. The patient, a 36-year-old woman from Hengyang City, is in a critical condition. She had contact with poultry before falling ill. A further 11 H7N9 cases have been reported in Guangdong, with two deaths.
H7N9 is first reported to have infected humans in March 2013 in China.
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