Man dies of H7N9 bird flu in China—state media
A vender stands near chicken cages at a chicken whole sale market on Tuesday April 2, 2013 in Shanghai, China. China’s financial capital, Shanghai, on Tuesday activated an emergency response plan following the recent deaths of two men from a lesser-known strain of bird flu. AP FILE Photo
SHANGHAI—A man in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang had died of a new strain of bird flu, state media said Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths attributed to the H7N9 virus to three.
He was one of two more H7N9 avian influenza infections reported in Zhejiang, the official Xinhua news agency said citing local authorities, bringing the total number of cases to nine.
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