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China's Ministry of Finance said Wednesday it has allocated 303 million yuan ($48.6 million) from the central coffers to better prevent human infections of the H7N9 avian flu.
China confirmed five new cases of H7N9 avian influenza, with three, including one death, in east China's Shanghai and two in neighboring Jiangsu province. Better hygiene needed to combat H7N9
As the H7N9 bird flu virus has infected more than 20 Chinese, some sectors of China's economy have also come under the shadow of the outbreak.
A picture circulating on the Internet of a worker at a Shanghai university destroying birds' nests on campus to avoid spreading the H7N9 bird flu virus has triggered heated discussions.
Two more H7N9 infection cases have been confirmed in East China's Jiangsu province, local authorities said Monday.
All live poultry trade should be suspended and poultry markets shut down temporarily in the capital city of east China's H7N9 bird flu-afflicted Jiangsu province, according to a government statement.
China is more prepared in handling public health emergencies than a decade ago when it fought the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a senior health official said Monday.
A four-year-old boy who was confirmed to be infected with the H7N9 bird flu on Thursday has recovered, a disease control and prevention official said Monday.
Pet bird sales have been suspended in Beijing after detecting H7N9 bird flu virus from samples of pigeon in a Shanghai marketplace.
China has started research for the development of vaccines for the H7N9 bird flu virus, a health official said Monday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and countries nearby to China, as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, will be kept updated on the H7N9 bird flu situation.
A 4-year-old boy infected with the H7N9 bird flu has recovered in Shanghai, Wu Fan, director of the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Sunday.
The local government ordered the suspension of all trading in live poultry and pet birds on April 6.
The latest confirmed H7N9 case was reported in Anhui province, where a 55-year-old male working in the live poultry trade was diagnosed with the virus.
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