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Medical staff practice dealing with an H7N9 bird flu in an emergency drill at a hospital in Zibo in east China’s Shandong province (AP Photo)
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...
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Technicians wearing protection suits begin to cull poultry at Huhuai poultry wholesale market, where the H7N9 bird flu virus was detected in pigeon samples, in Shanghai April 5, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
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...