Jitters hit market as bird flu fears spread
A KFC restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. With rising fears over the H7N9 bird flu outbreak, the number of customers at restaurants specializing in chicken has dropped sharply. Li Chenyun / China News Service |
Worries over the spread of bird flu in China - despite World Health Organization insistence there is no evidence it could be spreading among humans - caused market jitters among livestock, hotel and catering, airline and tourism stocks on Monday.
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