10 more cases of H7N9 reported
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Ten human H7N9 bird flu cases were reported in China yesterday, including seven in Zhejiang Province, forcing cities in the province to close their live poultry markets.
In east China’s Zhejiang Province, the total number of cases rose to 44. All the newly reported cases, aged from 23 to 82, are in critical conditions, according to the provincial health authorities.
To limit the spread of the virus, the Zhejiang provincial capital of Hangzhou called a halt to live poultry trading in urban areas yesterday.
Events such as circus, which involve animals, were also suspended, according to a circular released on Thursday.
Li Lanjuan, a leading researcher on bird flu at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said the move to close poultry markets was necessary to help human beings avoid contact with infected live poultry.
Many live poultry markets in cities of Jinhua, Ningbo and Shaoxing were also closed.
Besides the Zhejiang cases, one infection each was reported in Beijing and the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian.
In the first case reported in Beijing this year, a man was confirmed to have contracted H7N9 on Thursday night, according to the capital’s disease control and prevention center.
He is receiving treatment at Ditan Hospital. The center said the patient had bought pigeons and ate them before being admitted to the hospital.
The health and family planning committee of south China’s Guangdong Province reported yesterday that a 34-year-old woman in Shenzhen City had contracted the virus. She is also in a critical condition.
The health authorities in Guangdong’s neighboring province of Fujian also announced that a 46-year-old female villager in Hui’an County was confirmed to have been sicken by the H7N9 virus, bringing the total infections in the province to eight.
The patient is in hospital and in a critical condition.
In another development, scientists with the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said, based on their research results, that the possibility of human-to-human transmission of H7N9 virus is extremely slim.
“H7N9 virus infects human through respiratory tract, so eating cooked poultry will not be infected,” said Liu Yao, one of the scientists.
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