by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 22, 2013 | World
Beijing, Reuters—A man in the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong has been infected by a new strain of bird flu, the first case found in the province, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, bringing the total number of victims in China to 105. The H7N9 virus...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2013 | World
Beijing, Reuters—The Chinese capital reported its first case of a new strain of bird flu on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua said, the first time it has been found in a human outside eastern China. The seven-year-old girl was in stable condition in a Beijing...
by Alex Edwards | Apr 5, 2013 | World
Shanghai/Hong Kong, Reuters—Chinese authorities slaughtered over 20,000 birds on Friday at a poultry market in the financial hub Shanghai as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-off on Hong...
